FirstNet apps: How first response gets done
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…
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Beyond Signal Strength: Measuring Performance of Public Safety Mobile Broadband Networks
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…
Glick celebrates first responders, new tech at ceremony
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…
FirstNet gets new AT&T lead as Jason Porter replaces promoted Chris Sambar
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…
San Diego Cell Service Possibly Affected by New Operator in Mexico
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…
Mexico cellular network is problem for U.S. phone service, El Paso emergency responders
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…
AT&T CEO highlights benefits of FirstNet, potential 5G use cases for critical infrastructure, enterprises
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…
Nationwide coding challenge appeals to innovators and public safety
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 5G, but Band 14 will remain on 4G LTE for years, AT&T’s FirstNet lead says
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…
New Cell Tower up on Maryland Island Thanks to FirstNet
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…
AT&T scores GWS ‘Best Wireless Network’ ranking
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…
Partners set standards for emergency communications
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.
ID validation on the fly for emergency response
A new solution aims to speed incident response by dynamically vetting and authorizing first responders and their devices so they can access and share information when they are participating in incidents outside their home jurisdiction.
NIST CRADA Gives Priority Cellular Service to First Responders
Emergency service communication can now cut through congested phone lines during a crisis thanks to two Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), and more than 75 industry partners.
Stark safety forces getting faster wireless service
A new government-funded communications network will give them priority over cell service lines.