Insights

SPOTLIGHT: Richard W. Stanek

(Continuation of a series focusing on those who have made FirstNet a reality for Public Safety) By ATFN Staff As board member for the First Responder Network Authority, former Hennepin…





An Old Foe Returns with a New Name

By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Several years ago, there was a company called LightSquared that some of you may recall and prior to that name they were known as…






FirstNet: Caring for Those Who Care for You

By Jason Porter, senior vice president, FirstNet Program at AT&T From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, FirstNet – the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for America’s first responders…




Benefits of FirstNet

By David Smith Most of the time when we have issues trying to hear on a cell phone call, we turn into a version of Verizon’s original Test Man (played…



FirstNet Roadmap Domains: Coverage and capacity

By John Saboe, Network Operations Architect, First Responder Network Authority Many of us remember off-key renditions of America the Beautiful from when we were in school, singing about purple mountain majesties, feet…