AT&T Supporting Customers Affected by California Fires
As always, our top priority is keeping our customers, their families and first responders connected. Latest Updates Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, 12:05 p.m. PST READ FULL AT&T RELEASE
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AT&T Supporting Customers Affected by California Fires
As always, our top priority is keeping our customers, their families and first responders connected. Latest Updates Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, 12:05 p.m. PST READ FULL AT&T RELEASE
AT&T Responds to Winter Storm Blair
Our teams are closely tracking Winter Storm Blair and responding to network impacts across affected areas. We understand how important it is to stay connected and as weather conditions permit,…
FirstNet in 2024: A year of growth, innovation and bold plans for the future
In 2024, the FirstNet Authority took bold and decisive actions to evolve the network. We dedicated our people, programs, and resources to make FirstNet the best possible communications network for…
FirstNet Authority reauthorization by Congress ‘critical,’ CEO Wassel tells board
Convincing Congress to reauthorize the FirstNet Authority—the government entity that oversees the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network—during the next 26 months is “critical,” FirstNet Authority Executive Director and CEO Joe…
Public safety is calling the FCC’s 4.9 decision a major win
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).
PSSA ENCOURAGES APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER BRENDAN CARR AS NEXT FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
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…
FOP Asks on President-elect Trump to Choose Carr as Next FCC Chair!
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…
Secretary Raimondo Appoints Eleven Prominent Leaders to the FirstNet Authority Board
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 board gets seven new members, Keisha Lance Bottoms appointed as chair
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 CEO shares potential 4.9 GHz vision as FirstNet tops 6.4 million connections
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…
Local officers highlight miscommunication around Trump’s first assassination attempt at hearing tainted by politics
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…
Rescue 42 Deployables Keep Public Safety Connected
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,…
FirstNet Authority Update on Network Outage Task Force
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….
Agnew succeeds Bugel as AT&T’s President of FirstNet
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]…