All position on the FirstNet Authority board are filled, after U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today appointed two new members, Karima Holmes—the first 911 official to serve on the…
Multiple commenters have asked the FCC to require that the FirstNet public-safety system be interoperable with LMR and commercial LTE networks, but officials representing the FirstNet Authority and FirstNet contractor…
At D.C. area conference, police and fire officials discussed how advancements in data transmission save lives. Source: statetechmagazine.com DATE: October 8, 2019 Just as cities began the evolution toward becoming…
FirstNet’s first job is to provide responders with a dedicated broadband network that gives them priority and preemption options during emergencies. But since its launch in 2017, the FirstNet App…
A Protocol for Testing FirstNet and Commercial Carriers Using a testing protocol like the one described in this report should give public safety executives the type of information they need…
A truck providing improved communications for first responders in rural areas will be available to all Wyoming law enforcement agencies that opt into a new program. Wyoming Tribune Eagle Photo…
AT&T today announced that the carrier’s FirstNet leader Chris Sambar has been named as an executive vice president in the company and will be replaced by Jason Porter, who previously…
The new company, Atlán Redes, said the issue is “one between countries and not between carriers so it is a topic for the government agencies” Spotty cell phone service for…
Cellular phone signals know no borders. When a Mexican company began turning on its cellphone and data network along the U.S.-Mexico border, including in Juárez, in mid-August, it brought interference problems…
Winning the bid to build the nationwide FirstNet system on 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum has been very beneficial to AT&T overall strategy, allowing the carrier to grow its wireless…
With a series of 10 regional code-a-thon events in-person coding events and an online contest, the Tech to Protect Challenge encourages widespread participation from a diverse community of innovators September is National Preparedness…
FirstNet users will have access to AT&T’s 5G services that are set to be available nationwide by the middle of next year, but the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum will…
Standing across the busy two-lane road from Tilghman Island’s fire station, Maryland officials cut a ribbon on Tuesday celebrating a new cell tower erected thanks to the FirstNet build-out. By…
Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) on Wednesday released results of drive test data and consumer research that for the second year ranked AT&T in the top spot for overall national…
Two cooperative research and development agreements, between the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the First Responder Network Authority and more than 75 industry partners, have made emergency service communication easier.