FirstNet Delivers Connectivity to Help Fight the Dixie Fire
FirstNet Connects First Responders Fighting the Dixie Fire August 20, 2021 Starting on July 13th, the Dixie Fire has already become the 2nd largest fire in…
FirstNet Delivers Connectivity to Help Fight the Dixie Fire
Public Safety Advocate: Nationwide Interoperability, FirstNet Authority 2022 Budget
Introduction The imminent release of Motorola’s 3GPP-compliant (sans ProSe) Push-To-Talk (PTT) will be the second 3GPP-compliant PTT application available on FirstNet (Built with AT&T). With…
Division Chief Martha Ellis unpacks fireground communications and FirstNet
Fire Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with Division Chief Martha Ellis, executive director for the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association. Chief Ellis unpacks all things fireground…
A T-Mobile hack exposed the data of millions. Policymakers want answers
By Christiano Lima Lawmakers and regulators say they want answers from T-Mobile about a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 40…
FirstNet Authority Board Approves FY22 Budget for Operations, Investment into Public Safety’s Network
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board today approved a $253 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), with a focus on overseeing deployment…
Public Safety Advocate: FirstNet Authority Off-Network Communications Solutions RFI, L3Harris, HPUE
APCO 2021 The APCO 2021 conference is taking place in San Antonio this week. Many attendees come from the public-safety community or are involved in…
FirstNet Brings a One-of-a-Kind 5G Experience to More First Responders Across the Country
MegaRange™ Capabilities Connect Firefighters Battling Wildfires; FirstNet Serves as Wireless Backup for AT&T ESInet™ to Increase Resiliency What’s the news? FirstNet® – the only nationwide network built with and…
FirstNet Authority seeks input on potential solutions to off-network challenges
FirstNet Authority officials released a request for information (RFI) seeking input about direct-mode and other technological solutions to address the issue of providing broadband communications…
“Emergency!” Stars Producing Paramedic Documentary
FirstNet, Built with AT&T*, is the principal sponsor of the project “Stories like these are why we’re committed to supporting FirstNet. And it’s one of…
3 tips to adopting FirstNet
A West Virginia county takes a whole-community approach to implementing broadband By Lori Stone Matthew Gregg has served in his volunteer fire department in Mason…
AT&T to Unveil New Disaster Response Technology for RIEMA
Today, Governor Dan McKee, Director Marc Pappas of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) joined AT&T*…
Public Safety Advocate: LA City Fire Joins FirstNet, Spectrum Allocations/Interference Issues, Rural Broadband/NG911 Updates
At the end of last week, it was announced that both LA City Fire and LA County Health Department had joined FirstNet. LA County Fire,…
AT&T and Airgain Launch Promotional Program Providing Significant Cost Savings to Customers with Purchase of AirgainConnect®
AT&T Offering Service Credits for FirstNet® MegaRange™ in Select States While Airgain and its Channel Partners Offer an Additional MSRP Reduction for AirgainConnect August 10, 2021…
Los Angeles Fire Department and County Department of Public Health Use FirstNet® to Improve Public Safety Communications
Safe Environment Engineering and FirstNet Expand First Responder Capabilities to BetterServe the City and County of Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, August 5, 2021 — FirstNet®…
Public Safety Advocate: PTT vs. MCPTT, 5G Sweet Spot, FirstNet Apps Verified/Certified, 4.9 GHz, Fiber, and More
First, some clarification. “Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk” (MCPTT) is the form of Push-To-Talk (PTT) the 3GPP standards body developed in accordance with its PTT standard. However, networks,…