FirstNet is the only nationwide network for public safety. The following article explains how FirstNet can help keep first responders connected during large storms and hurricanes, facilitating better response and recovery efforts….
SOURCE: wkrg.com DATE: September 16, 2020 HOOVER, Ala. (WKRG) — AT&T will provide generators and other equipment to areas affected by Hurricane Sally once the weather threat has passed, a…
Author: Jeffrey D. Johnson, CEO, Western Fire Chiefs Association I am asking for your help in protecting the 4.9 GHz spectrum for public safety. As you are aware, we depend on…
FCC commissioners are scheduled to vote Sept. 30 on rules that would let states lease 4.9 GHz spectrum—50 MHz of which currently is designated for public-safety use—to “commercial entities, electric…
A new advocacy group is calling for additional spectrum to be assigned to the FirstNet Authority for exclusive use public safety, saying that the spectrum could eventually help support public…
Sign Petition to Ensure Preservation of Vital Broadband Resource FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 27, 2020 LAS VEGAS, Nev.—The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), a newly formed coalition to protect public safety’s…
Public safety will replace land mobile radio (LMR) with LTE for its primary mission-critical voice communications when first responders trust the technology—a process that is beginning to happen now, according…
By First Responder Network Authority RESTON, VA – The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board today approved a $213 million budget for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21), with a focus…
By First Responder Network Authority Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced(link is external) the appointment of Robert Tipton (Tip) Osterthaler to serve as Chair of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority)…
STURGIS, S.D. — With a quarter-million visitors to the Black Hills, most, if not all with cell phones, AT&T is increasing its local mobile network capacity. SOURCE: newscenter1.tv DATE: August…
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a 2017 U.S. District Court ruling in Rutland, Vermont, that dismissed part (see 1712200043) of VTDigger’s Freedom of Information Act and privacy lawsuit against…
New York’s first responders are receiving a boost in their wireless communications with the addition of purpose-built cell sites and other network enhancements statewide, according to information released by the…
AT&T executives are touting the speed of FirstNet, the company’s dedicated public safety network that it built through a public-private partnership. SOURCE: Fierce Wireless DATE: August 11, 2020 During an Oppenheimer…
The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association announce the formation of a new alliance with the goal of protecting 4.9GHz spectrum for public safety use. Las Vegas, Nev. (Aug 5, 2020)…
Public safety should retain control of its 50 MHz of 4.9 GHz spectrum—airwaves that the FCC is considering for at least some commercial use—through an allocation to the FirstNet Authority,…