FirstNet supports more than 6.7 million connections for more than 29,500 public-safety agencies as of the end of 2024, according to information released by AT&T, the contractor of the nationwide…
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE AT&T* joined local first responders, public safety officials and community leaders in Hagerstown to highlight how FirstNet®, Built with AT&T – the only network built with and for America’s…
New deployable network assets will help keep first responders prepared and connected during natural disasters, major emergencies and other large events The State of Florida has added 50 new deployable…
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
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
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,…
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…
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…
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).
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…
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…
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’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 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…
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…