In a unanimous, bipartisan, 4-0 decision, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is bolstering public safety’s use of the historically underutilized 4.9 GHz spectrum band. The new rules safeguard incumbent operations, establish a process to select a band manager, and make the spectrum available to the FirstNet Authority for 5G deployment on the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (FirstNet).
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2024 LAS VEGAS—Today the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) sent a letter to the Trump transition team strongly encouraging them to appoint Commissioner Brendan Carr as…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, announced that the organization has sent a letter to President-elect Donald J. Trump asking…
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of eleven public safety, technology, and business leaders to the Board of the First Responder Network…
FirstNet Authority’s board today was overhauled with the appointment of seven new members—including former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms being named as chair—and the reappointment of four existing members by…
AT&T this week announced that FirstNet supports more than 6.4 million connections for more than 29,000 public-safety agencies, while CEO John Stankey applauded the recent FCC vote granting the FirstNet…
Those systems, such as FirstNet – built for emergency responders to communicate with each other in moments of crisis – worked that day, Edward Lenz, the commander of the Butler…
Viasat Satellite Service and Support Now More Accessible NEWS / PRESS RELEASE 9/12/2024 Chico, CA —As the country endures increasingly intense disasters from wildfires to hurricanes to tornadoes, Rescue 42,…
The AT&T wireless network experienced a widespread outage in the early morning hours of February 22, 2024. This outage impacted service to AT&T’s commercial customers and affected some FirstNet subscribers….
By James Careless AT&T has appointed Scott Agnew as its new President of FirstNet, AT&T. Agnew is succeeding Jim Bugel, who retired from this position [as of September 1, 2024]…
FirstNet Authority board members yesterday voted unanimously to approve plans to enhance the wireless coverage provided by FirstNet with an investment of about $2 billion during the next decade to…
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Vancouver, BC – August 16, 2024 — Siyata Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: SYTA) (“Siyata” or the “Company”), a global developer and vendor of Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC)…
to Its Advisory Board NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Vancouver, BC – July __, 2024 — Siyata Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: SYTA) (“Siyata” or the “Company”), a global developer and vendor of…
If a train derails and spills hazardous materials in your community, is your agency prepared with the right communication capabilities to address this large-scale emergency? As a federal agency serving…
FirstNet Executive Director and CEO Joe Wassel this week said that establishing ‘ubiquitous coverage’ for the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) is the organization’s new goal—and one that is “possible,”…