The Public Safety Advisory Committee of the Future
By Tom Sorley, PSAC Chair The Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) took steps in 2017 to plan and prepare for what is sure to be an exciting future for public…
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Local Texas law enforcement agencies sign on to FirstNet
The decision was an easy one, said Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk, because the office has already seen benefits from FirstNet, a nationwide public-safety broadband network that the First Responder…
Kansas Highway Patrol is First Agency in Kansas to Transform First Responder Communications with Firstnet
The Kansas Highway Patrol has become the first public safety agency in the state to subscribe to FirstNet. This move lets us take advantage of the early benefits of FirstNet,…
AT&T unveils new branding for FirstNet products and services
FirstNet nationwide contractor AT&T launches a new visual brand that will be associated with FirstNet services and products, according to AT&T and FirstNet officials. FirstNet will continue to use its…
Report: NG 9-1-1 Makes Progress in 2017
SOURCE: Mission Critical Communications DATE: January 19, 2018 A record 48 states and territories provided information about progress toward next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1),…
FirstNet’s Schrier on New Public-Safety Meetings, App Interoperability and Privacy
“We want to talk to public safety about what they’re using today and how we can improve those capabilities with the apps store or bring new capabilities to them to…
Public Safety Personnel – Keeping Track of Your Most Valuable Assets
By W. Brent Lee, Law Enforcement Official, Retired Allthingsfirstnet.com’s current Points to Ponder asks the question, “Which of the following FirstNet apps do you view as most important”? One of…
Northern Mariana Islands ‘opt-in’ decision gives FirstNet Clean Sweep of states and territories
Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph DeLeon Guerrero Torres announces that he has accepted the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) deployment plan offered by FirstNet and AT&T, meaning all 56 states…
Northern Mariana Islands Governor Torres Approves FirstNet Opt-in
Governor Torres’s decision will help enhance emergency communications across the territory’s rural and remote areas by bringing coverage and capacity to the islands. RESTON, Va., Jan. 19, 2018 – The…
A Glimpse of How CES 2018 Impacts Public Safety Technology
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Everyone knows the high cost of public safety technology. Most of the time this cost is driven by proprietary technology to meet public safety…
Public-safety representatives contest recent Verizon claims about its first-responder offerings
Recent statements attributed to Verizon in the media that the carrier’s broadband service is the only public-safety-grade LTE network and that its planned public-safety LTE core network may be interoperable…
American Samoa Governor Moliga Approves Opt-in to FirstNet
“In weighing this important decision to join FirstNet or deploy our own system, our team came to the conclusion that opting-in to FirstNet was the better solution for American Samoa…
FirstNet and AT&T moving forward with IoT, smart city offerings
“FirstNet will not only solve today’s communications challenges, but it will create a new, public safety-focused marketplace that offers innovative, life-saving technologies that will help first responders do their jobs…
Clean Sweep for FirstNet Opt-in, Now That’s a Big Deal
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant First and foremost I personally want to thank and congratulate all the people at FirstNet, AT&T, State Staff and all the people that worked…
‘Opt-in’ decisions give public safety in all states the option of using FirstNet immediately
Public-safety agencies and personnel in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are eligible to subscribe to FirstNet broadband services from AT&T after…