Leadership outlines plan to fund existing public safety charities and unveils benefits for new FNA members Las Vegas, Nev. (Apr. 17, 2018) – The FirstNet Association (FNA) is pleased to…
Chief AL Gillespie talks about the FirstNet Association
First responders are expected to begin utilizing mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT)-standard services over FirstNet and other LTE networks late this year, but industry representatives have myriad opinions about when MCPTT might…
By Joe Martinet, Director of Devices NIST list identifies approved devices per FirstNet’s Device Approval Program This is an exciting time for FirstNet. In the last month, the First Responder…
Q. What is a federal grant? A. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of…
Longtime public-safety communications representatives announce the creation of the FirstNet Association, an organization that founders hope will provide a platform for end users and vendors to discuss issues associated with…
First-of-its kind organization offers dedicated platform for FirstNet end-users and ecosystem providers to engage one another Las Vegas, Nev. (Apr. 3, 2018) – Today, a group of leaders in the…
Bob Plaschke and Richard Mirgon discuss the evolution of FirstNet and the positive impact on Public Safety.
By W. Brent Lee, Public Safety Consultant So, here we go again! Recently Verizon announced their version of a public safety dedicated private core being “generally” available starting March 29th….
By Christopher Vondracek Alex Popof, who graduated with a computer science degree from Stanford University, found himself venturing to frigid Minneapolis last month for the Super Bowl to see his…
By Donny Jackson in Urgent Matters It has only been a year since AT&T was awarded with the nationwide FirstNet contract. For public safety, progress on the FirstNet LTE system…
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: March 27, 2018 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 recently passed by Congress and signed by the president includes two 9-1-1-related mandates for the FCC.
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: March 27, 2018 The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T launched the FirstNet evolved packet core (EPC), meeting the…
SOURCE: Urgent Communications DATE: March 27, 2018 FirstNet announces that nationwide contractor AT&T has delivered upon its promise to complete a dedicated public-safety LTE evolved packet core…
By Jeff Bratcher, Chief Technology Officer and Operations Director Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, public safety from all disciplines joined together to advocate for a single nationwide public safety…