FirstNet announces Tribal Consultation Policy that will enable tribes to express their public safety needs through a nation-to-nation relationship between FirstNet and the country’s 567 federally recognized tribes. RESTON, Va….
Mobile officer initiative can improve police officer safety and better equip officers to make life-saving decisions with technology and tools Now with FirstNet, the first nationwide broadband wireless network for…
Federal Heights Police Department, one of the first to adopt body cameras in Colorado, will use app to track officer location and provide live feeds The scene at the Federal Heights…
FirstNet announces that it has delivered initial state plans outlining public-safety LTE deployment plans to governors in the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, although…
Indiana is modernizing communications technology for its first responders. Today, Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced his decision to accept the FirstNet and AT&T* plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to the state’s public safety community. The FirstNet network will bring advanced tools to help Indiana’s first responders save lives and protect communities.
FirstNet and AT&T* launched the first developer program geared toward America’s first responders. This will encourage public safety-focused innovation to help equip first responders with state-of-the-art communications tools. It also brings public safety closer to having their own app store where they can find new solutions purpose-built for their needs.
Alabama is bringing modernized communications technology to first responders. First-of-its-Kind Solution Will Create Jobs, Spur Investment and Modernize Public Safety Communications across Alabama.
The Federal Communications Commission has given 52 states and territories until Dec. 28 to decide whether to accept or opt out of the First Responder Network Authority’s plan to build a national public safety network in partnership with AT&T.
There’s a lot of interest from citizens, states, counties and the federal government to bring broadband to rural America. The biggest issue is: “How do you make it feasible?” broadband…
Donny Jackson | Urgent Communications Governors for the states of Washington and Oregon have announced that they will issue a joint request for proposals (RFP) asking bidders to submit proposals…
New Hampshire’s Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) votes unanimously to recommend that Gov. Chris Sununu choose to pursue the “opt-out” alternative to FirstNet, which calls for Rivada Networks to build and operate the public-safety LTE radio access network (RAN) in the state.
The 90-day clock has started ticking for Gov. Phil Scott to make a key decision about the future of public safety communications — and Vermont’s broader telecommunications networks.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) releases construction-grant funding levels to FirstNet, which will deliver the figures to most governors tomorrow—an action that means these governors will have until…
States and territories can apply for their shares of State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP) 2.0 funding that could total as much as $43.4 million and can be used…
Louisiana will soon have a specialized wireless broadband network specifically for first responders now that Governor John Bel Edwards has opted in to FirstNet. Baton Rouge (September 27, 2017)- With this…