FirstNet: Reaching Rural and Remote Parts of America

By Jason Porter, senior vice president, FirstNet Program at AT&T

FirstNet is built for all public safety. That means every first responder in the country – career or volunteer; federal, tribal, state or local; urban, suburban or rural. And reaching rural and remote parts of America is one of our top priorities. Using all AT&T LTE bands and Band 14 spectrum, FirstNet currently covers more than 2.61 million square miles. In 2019 alone, we added more than 120,000 square miles of LTE coverage, which is roughly the size of New Mexico. To put it simply, we’ve been busy giving more first responders and the communities they serve access to the critical communications capabilities they need. But we aren’t stopping there. READ MORE