First responders get their own network, no throttling with FirstNet
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…
First responders get their own network, no throttling with FirstNet
FirstNet on Display during Hurricane Florence
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…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet’s First Hurricane
Last week’s Public Safety Advocate discussed storms, wildfires, and other reasons it is so important for as many public safety agencies as possible to be a…
AT&T FirstNet Prepares for Hurricane Florence with Network Recovery Equipment
Press Release September 14, 2018 AT&T FirstNet is working to prepare and protect networks as Hurricane Florence starts to make landfall on the Carolinas. When it comes…
New Apple iPhones support operation on Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet
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…
Public Safety Advocate: Weather to Move to FirstNet
To all my readers who delight in finding errors in my articles (for which I am grateful), “weather” in the title is correct as this…
Commercial carriers commit to adopting technologies to improve 911 location accuracy
All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even…
New network, ‘FirstNet,’ to offer first responders more efficient communication
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…
AT&T to launch 5G service in Las Vegas early next year
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…
GPS Technology Delivers Critical Lifeline for First Responders
By: J. David Grossman, Executive Director, GPS Innovation Alliance Thanks to Legislation passed by Congress in 2012 that established FirstNet as an independent authority within…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Progress—RFP IOC Goals Compared to Today’s Network
The Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by FirstNet the Authority includes a section known as Section J-8 that deals with dates by which certain items…
FirstNet Authority, NTIA Announce Leadership Changes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2018 News Media Contact: April Ward (202) 853-5219 or (571) 665-6187 (Reston, VA) Today, the First Responder Network Authority…
FirstNet Goes Local
Officials in Wake County, North Carolina’s second most-populous county at more than 1 million residents, are gearing up to migrate from Verizon to FirstNet during…
Verizon Problems and Why FirstNet is Different
By Richard Mirgon, Public Safety Consultant By now everyone (to include the British since the story ran on BBC) knows that Verizon will, can and…
Serving those on the frontlines of the West Coast wildfires
By Kevin Nida, First Responder Network Authority Senior Public Safety Advisor As wildfires are roaring across the West Coast, the need for connectivity amongst first…