FirstNet’s Security, Reliability Should Not Be Sacrificed
By Joan Marsh Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs, AT&T The Colorado Public Safety Broadband Governing Body recently submitted comments to the FCC…
Insights
Enhancing Situational Awareness and Improving Public Safety Outcomes
By First Responder Network Authority Whether securing large events or responding to local emergencies, it can be a challenge for public safety to keep track…
Harnessing the Power of Public Safety Input for their Network
By Dave Buchanan Public safety engagement has been at the heart of the First Responder Network Authority’s (FirstNet Authority) work since it was created by…
Tech Talk: La Jolla, CA, 3GPP Plenary Meetings Recap
By Dean Prochaska, Director of Standards, First Responder Network Authority This blog post is part of the “Tech Talk” series focused on the FirstNet Authority’s…
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Publishes NPSBN Position Statement
NPSTC Supports FirstNet as THE Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network NPSTC NPSBN POSITION STATEMENT The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) strongly supports Public Law…
FirstNet Chair Sue Swenson Delivers Keynote at 2018 PSCR Stakeholder Meeting
Remarks by Sue Swenson, FirstNet Chair Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 5, 2018 Good morning…
FirstNet is “Boston Strong” at the 2018 Marathon
By Michael Varney, First Responder Network Authority, Region 1 Lead In the five years since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing took place, Bostonians have remained…
Applications and Mobile Data to Improve Operations and Emergency Responder Safety
By William Schrier, Senior Advisor A number of public safety agencies are adopting FirstNet and gaining capabilities they have never had before. These FirstNet trailblazers are…
A Verizon recommendation you might have missed, one FirstNet public safety core
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Everyone who follows me here on allthingfirstnet.com knows I have been hard on Verizon, but at the end of…
Devices are Ready for Public Safety’s Use on FirstNet
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…
Verizon Promise – FirstNet Contract , Which would you rather have?
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…
Even in its first year, FirstNet-AT&T partnership has a significant impact on public-safety communications
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…
FirstNet Core Delivers on the Promise of a Dedicated Network for Public Safety
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…
Can We Stop The Insanity?
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant There are many out there who believe that public safety can be fully interoperable with a multiple of networks….
Verizon Goes On The Attack
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant Last week was the IWCE Expo in Orlando and there was a lot to see and a lot of…