When communications went down as the Grand Lake Fire Protection District battled the East Troublesome Fire, the department needed help. With FirstNet, public safety agencies have access to a nationwide,…
Public-safety users are benefiting from the data-oriented capabilities enabled by LTE on trusted networks today and also will transition voice communications to the broadband platform, although the timetable for this…
Chief Kim Zagaris, wildfire policy and technology adviser for the Western Fire Chiefs Association, tells Firehouse.com why the nationwide communication network is here to stay. SOURCE: firehouse.com DATE: November 16,…
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. PRESS…
Encouraging the development of solutions that address unique public-safety coverage solutions and enhance mission-critical voice, data and video communications are among the focus areas highlighted the recently updated FirstNet Authority…
More than 14,000 first-responder entities subscribe to FirstNet and have made more than 1.7 million connections to the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) as of the end of September, meaning…
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Roadmap guides our efforts to enhance FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network. As a strategic touchstone for the FirstNet Authority, the Roadmap reflects our…
Stankey credited AT&T’s success in wireless to the investments the company has made over the past several years to build and maintain the FirstNet wireless network, which not only provides nationwide…
Following T-Mobile’s serious network outage back in June, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai pledged that he would investigate what caused the “unacceptable” outage. Today that report has come out. SOURCE: tmonews.com DATE: October 22, 2020…
U.S. Army Selects FirstNet, Built with AT&T, for Public Safety Communications Across 72 Installations in the U.S. OAKTON, Va., October 12, 2020 What’s the news? The U.S. Army has selected FirstNet to support…
This effort is made possible by FirstNet Built with AT&T along with the Motorola Solutions Foundation and Wrap Technologies. SOURCE: atlantadailyworld.com DATE: October 10, 2020 The inaugural National Faith &…
A Report from the Police Executive Research Forum SOURCE: policeforum.org DATE: October 2020 IntroductionIn 2017, the First Responder Network Authority awarded a contract to AT&T to build and maintain FirstNet—the…
In stepped FirstNet SOURCE: politico.com DATE: September 30, 2020 TRIAL BY FIRE: When the coronavirus pandemic arrived, medical professionals scrambled to set up outdoor testing centers, telemedicine links and data hubs…
Georgia School District Uses FirstNet-Powered App to Launch Resource Delivery Program Amid Pandemic SOURCE: stonline.com DATE: October 1, 2020 With school re-opening plans varying from state-to-state and county-to-county, school officials…
FirstNet One, recently completed its first real deployment providing public-safety communications, as the tethered the aerostat that acts as an LTE tower in the sky supported the response effort in…