Agnew succeeds Bugel as AT&T’s President of FirstNet
By James Careless AT&T has appointed Scott Agnew as its new President of FirstNet, AT&T. Agnew is succeeding Jim Bugel, who retired from this position [as of September 1, 2024]…
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FirstNet Authority board approves $2 billion in coverage enhancements to key areas
FirstNet Authority board members yesterday voted unanimously to approve plans to enhance the wireless coverage provided by FirstNet with an investment of about $2 billion during the next decade to…
Siyata Mobile Announces New Order from New Customer for SD7 Handsets for Use at Beaches and Waterfronts in California
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Vancouver, BC – August 16, 2024 — Siyata Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: SYTA) (“Siyata” or the “Company”), a global developer and vendor of Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC)…
Siyata Mobile Announces Addition of TJ Kennedy
to Its Advisory Board NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Vancouver, BC – July __, 2024 — Siyata Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: SYTA) (“Siyata” or the “Company”), a global developer and vendor of…
FirstNet Authority offers workshop to determine your operational capabilities
If a train derails and spills hazardous materials in your community, is your agency prepared with the right communication capabilities to address this large-scale emergency? As a federal agency serving…
FirstNet Authority CEO sets ‘ubiquitous coverage’ goal, highlights other focus areas for NPSBN
FirstNet Executive Director and CEO Joe Wassel this week said that establishing ‘ubiquitous coverage’ for the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) is the organization’s new goal—and one that is “possible,”…
FirstNet Authority Board Approves FY25 Budget To Fund Operations, Network Enhancements
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE June 24, 2024. (Chicago, Ill.) – Today, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board approved a $684 million budget package to fund operations and network enhancements in…
AT&T supports PSSA 4.9 GHz proposal, describes it as ‘lawful’ and ‘in the public interest’
AT&T—the FirstNet Authority (FNA) contractor tasked with building and maintaining the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN)—officially expressed its support the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) proposal to grant the FNA…
Siyata Mobile SD7 PTT Handsets Selected by Public Utility to Replace Two-Way Radios
City of Lancaster, Ohio Integrates Solution into Day-to-Day Utility Operations NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Vancouver, BC – May 28, 2024 — Siyata Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: SYTA, SYTAW) (“Siyata” or the…
PSSA FILES RESPONSE TO CERCI LETTER
Today the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) filed a response to the May 10, 2024 letter from the Coalition for Emergency Response and Critical Infrastructure (“CERCI”). The PSSA has repeatedly…
PSBTA Offers Communications Support to VA Police to Improve Patient, Staff Safety
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE May 17, 2024 Washington, DC — The Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) standsready to help the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) improve real-time communicationswith…
FirstNet Authority, NIST announce keynote speakers, agenda for 5×5 public safety innovation summit
Leading voices in public safety communications will keynote the 5×5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit this summer in Chicago. Summit hosts announced the speakers as part of an agenda that includes over…
Siyata Mobile’s SD7 Handset Added to AT&T FirstNet’s ‘Free Feature Phone for Life’ Promotion
NEWS / PRESS RELEASE Vancouver, BC – May 13, 2024 — Siyata Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: SYTA, SYTAW) (“Siyata” or the “Company”), a global developer and vendor of Push-to-Talk over Cellular…
PSSA suggests a way for FCC to give FirstNet Authority access to 4.9 GHz, even with legal questions
Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) this week outlined a framework that would let the FCC provide access the FirstNet Authority to the 4.9 GHz band via a nationwide overlay license…
AT&T says FirstNet provides about 28,000 agencies with about 5.9 million connections
About 28,000 public-safety agencies subscribing to the FirstNet utilized approximately 5.9 million connections on nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) through the end of March, FirstNet contractor AT&T reported today during…