Data: FirstNet’s Subscription Base Grew 67% Last Year
The nationwide communications network for public safety has come a long way since it started operating in 2018. New numbers from AT&T, the company hired to build out the network,…
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Tests show FirstNet MegaRange effective for 20-plus miles in maritime scenario, AT&T says
FirstNet MegaRange—the new FirstNet offering that leverages high-power-user-equipment (HPUE) technology to extend the effective range of a cell site—delivered throughput speeds that could support multiple video streams during maritime tests…
Collaboration is Key for Interoperability in National Capital Region
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and FirstNet were created out of a need for interoperable communications among first responders. When major events and incidents occur, public safety agencies…
FirstNet Authority Meets with Public Safety to Inform Review of Nashville Bombing
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) continues its after action review of the bombing of an AT&T building in Nashville, Tennessee, meeting last week with public safety officials and FirstNet subscribers…
FirstNet adoption tops 15,000 agencies, 1.9 million connections, AT&T says
FirstNet provided more than 1.9 million LTE connections to more than 15,000 public-safety agencies as of the end of 2020, nationwide FirstNet contractor AT&T reported this week as part of…
Exclusively on FirstNet – New Virtually Seamless Interoperability and Unthrottled Priority Communication
January 26, 2021 The first-ever, nationwide mission-critical standards-based push-to-talk solution to launch in the U.S. now supports LTE interoperability with Land-Mobile Radio (LMR) systems. FirstNet® – America’s public safety network – now gives public safety agencies…
FirstNet® Brings First Responders Innovative Mission-Ready Communications Tools
FirstNet® MegaRange™, Z-Axis, Compact Rapid Deployables, and LMR Interoperability for Push-To-Talk Solutions Launch to Help Public Safety on their Lifesaving Missions AT&T Innovation Earns Third Consecutive Frost & Sullivan Public…
FirstNet MegaRange: Extending First Responder Connectivity Like Never Before
FirstNet – America’s public safety network – has launched new solutions to help first responders across the U.S. better connect to each other and the information they need to carry out their…
Hindsight is 2020: The Year of Connectivity
Connection matters…when first responders get a call, FirstNet, America’s public safety network, is there for our first responders and the communities they serve no matter where their mission takes them….
AT&T : FirstNet Cell Sites Launching Nationwide to Support Public Safety (Updated)
The FirstNet network offers first responders and those critical to their response a purpose-built experience they can’t get anywhere else. That includes truly dedicated coverage and capacity when they need it. FirstNet…
FirstNet Authority Provides Additional Updates on Nashville Bombing
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE January 8, 2021 The Christmas Day bombing of an AT&T building in Nashville remains under investigation, and restoration of the damaged and destroyed buildings, property, and…
Why Cell Networks Cut Out at the US Capitol Riot
As the mob descended on the US Capitol complex yesterday, did law enforcement jam cell signals to thwart communication? No, the networks were probably just overwhelmed. The cops’ phones all keep working because they’re on a special part of the AT&T network called FirstNet, which gives priority to first responders. Heavy FirstNet usage would slightly reduce civilian device capacity at that location, though, because FirstNet comes first.
FirstNet Authority Provides Update on Nashville Bombing
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE January 1, 2020 On Christmas morning, a motorhome packed with explosives detonated directly in front of the AT&T central office facility in Nashville. The bombing resulted…
AT&T provides initial insights about FirstNet performance, recovery efforts after Nashville explosion
Some FirstNet subscribers experienced service outages after the massive Dec. 25 explosion at AT&T’s Nashville network hub, but backup battery power at the facility and the use of deployable cell…
PSSA asks FCC to reconsider 4.9 GHz order, protect public-safety use of spectrum
The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) today filed petitions asking the FCC to reconsider an order passed this fall that would let states lease 4.9 GHz airwaves—dedicated to public safety…