AT&T announced plans to make emergency calling and other features of the LTE mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard available next month and deliver a fully MCPTT-compliant offering during the second half of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RESTON, Va., October 31, 2018 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the appointment of six individuals to serve on the Board of the First…
All of the backups initiated by FirstNet and AT&T, so they could survive the storm, is what really helped us out, in that there was still a functioning system left….
Press Release October 23, 2018 More than 3,600 public safety agencies across the country have now joined FirstNet. That’s a nearly 50% increase in the number of agencies subscribing to the…
To help first responders do even more with their mobile apps, we’re also making bundles available via the FirstNet App Catalog. By Bob Sloan, Chief Operating Officer, FirstNet at AT&T…
DALLAS, Oct. 8, 2018 FirstNet connectivity is coming to Axon’s latest body camera, Axon Body 3. These just-announced devices will be the first LTE-enabled Axon body cameras – joining FirstNet’s nationwide…
Two Weather Channel reporters covering Hurricane Michael as it hit the Florida panhandle report Verizon cell phone service outages. Watch clips from the live video broadcast Wednesday afternoon.
FirstNet Has Already Supported Public Safety Response Efforts at Nearly 100 Events and Incidents This Year DALLAS, Oct. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Public safety agencies subscribing to FirstNet now have…
By ATFN Staff writer The FirstNet Authority today announced the selection of Ed Parkinson as their new acting CEO. Parkinson is one of the first employees to join FirstNet in…
FirstNet provided the city of Whiteville, N.C., with critical voice and data communications throughout Hurricane Florence and subsequent flooding in the area, passing a “big test” regarding the resiliency and flexibility…
Congested networks are more than an inconvenience for ordinary mobile-phone users. They can cost lives in natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other situations that call for rapid coordination among emergency…
The nation’s first dedicated first responder’s communication network, FirstNet, was on display in a real way when Hurricane Florence dumped tumultuous rain on roadways, rivers and homes and ran sustained…
New iPhones announced by Apple this week are the device maker’s first products that support operation on 700 MHz Band 14—the spectrum licensed to FirstNet, which has contracted AT&T to build…
Chief Cassell says despite FEMA’s report on 1 October, which recommends FirstNet, it was already on the department’s radar because of its benefits. SOURCE: LasVegasNow.com DATE: August 30, 2018 From…
Las Vegas will be among the first cities to receive AT&T’s 5G mobile service when the company brings the high-speed technology to parts of the valley in February. SOURCE: Las…