WATCH: AT&T’s Stacy Schwartz Talks FirstNet’s Purpose During COVID-19 and Beyond
Senior reporter Amanda Ziadeh is joined by Stacy Schwartz, vice president of federal public safety and FirstNet for AT&T Global Public Sector, who discusses the…
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Active hurricane season forecast, coronavirus adds new twist to disaster response for AT&T
While a global pandemic has shifted millions of Americans to work from home, the prospect of an intense Atlantic hurricane season has emergency managers retooling disaster plans to take into account the…
Fire Technology: FirstNet 2020
Charles Werner’s update of the state of FirstNet is positive and encouraging. SOURCE: Firehouse.com DATE: June 1, 2020 FirstNet is a public-private partnership and the…
Gainesville prepares to use FirstNet during hurricane season
A new emergency response system will be used in Gainesville in preparation for the hurricane season. SOURCE: wcjb.com DATE: May 28, 2020 Hurricane season starts…
Hurricane Season Gets A Little More Complicated With Coronavirus
FirstNet, an alternative wireless network with a unique spectrum for first responders. One key function of this network is a fleet of trucks with self-contained generators and antennae that act…
FCC’s Pai asks Congress to repeal law mandating auction of public-safety T-Band spectrum
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last week took the initial step to conduct a mandated auction of T-Band spectrum to commercial users in February, but he…
AT&T Employees Support Local First Responders and Frontline Heroes
AT&T employees from Broward County retail locations are “mobilizing” to support local first responders and frontline heroes during the health crisis. coralspringstalk.com photo Last week,…
Post-9/11 public safety network tapped for COVID-19 response
FirstNet, a nationwide public safety channel, has been used frequently during the coronavirus pandemic SOURCE: rollcall.com DATE: May 15, 2020 The nationwide public safety wireless…
Virginia 911 center leverages remote capabilities, FirstNet to help address COVID-19 challenges
A Virginia 911 center is combining remote solutions with FirstNet connectivity as part of a multi-pronged strategy to ensure operational continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic…
AT&T partnership can help Loon cell tower system take flight
The announcement has implications for the U.S., where AT&T operates the FirstNet public safety network SOURCE: Verdict UK DATE: May 7, 2020 For years, Alphabet-owned…
Mobile app enables push-to-talk for public safety during COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare workers and public health officials to interact frequently with first responders and at times to act as emergency responders themselves….
FirstNet Band 14 coverage serves about half of U.S. rural population, FirstNet Authority reports
About half the rural population within the U.S. is within the FirstNet coverage footprint for operations using 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to the…
Bar Harbor AT&T service to improve
The equipment is expected to offer more capacity than the FirstNet satellite device. Cellular phone and data service on the AT&T network is set to…
T Mobile Loses GAO Appeal
T-Mobile couldn’t meet public safety requirement By ATFN Staff On April 8, 2020 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that T-Mobile could not meet the…
FirstNet tops 1.3 million connections, 12,000 agencies, AT&T says
FirstNet supports more than 1.3 million connections across more than 12,000 agencies, according to figures supplied last week by AT&T, the FirstNet Authority’s nationwide contractor…