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…
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,…
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…
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),…
“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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
“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 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…
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…
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…
A new report summarizes the results of speech intelligibility tests on five speech codec operating modes that might be chosen to provide mission-critical voice services to public-safety users over a…