By Anna M. Gomez As Deputy Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), I was privileged to work with tremendously talented people in the Obama administration and…
The role of the Boulder lab is to test all the applications and devices that will be offered on FirstNet to “ensure they’re going to work when we need them,”…
“I personally attempted numerous calls to 911 with my Verizon phone, and at no time was I able to connect to 911, Chaffee County Communications Center, nor did the calls…
BOULDER, CO– The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Board today approved its Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) budget of $73.5 million, with continued focus on funding the deployment, operation, and oversight…
Verizon hopes its planned public-safety network and applications will interoperate with the FirstNet system—even committing to including FirstNet 700 MHz Band 14 operations in Verizon devices—to give public safety a…
Reliable, Broadband Communications are Essential for Emergency Management FirstNet, in partnership with its network provider, ATT, will give first responders a powerful band of spectrum to boost capacity along with…
In rural Montana, where you and your neighbors are your own first responders come fire, flood or heart attack, being dropped as a customer by Verizon Wireless could have serious…
FirstNet will distribute its final state plans—described as “official” state plans—next week to governors in most states and territories, which will start the statutory 90-day process for these governors to…
Rival networks “need to be fully interoperable with the AT&T core — fully interoperable,” so that emergency personnel do not encounter problems. AT&T (T) warned Tuesday that any states opting…
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant As a Verizon 911 customer for many years in the late 90’s and early 2000 they provided very good service. That ended when…
AT&T not only is committed to meeting the public-safety-grade requirements stipulated by FirstNet, but it also is committing to an “ongoing dialog” with organizations like NPSTC and with states, which…
Opting in would put advanced tools into the hands of Georgia’s public safety community, allowing it to be better prepared for any event, whether small or large. By Ed Davis, former…
“I love it when a plan comes together” — kind of like what the folks at AT&T Wireless are probably thinking these days. By Lawrence R. Krevor Some of us…
With 20 of the 56 U.S. states and territories having made “opt-in” decisions, FirstNet has received “opt-in” notification from 35.7% of all governors. Nebraska has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband…
“We are convinced that improving the communication between the components of public safety will be for the betterment of the people of Puerto Rico.” AN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 31,…