Integrating FirstNet into 911 Operations
By Kristi Wilde, Senior Public Safety Advisor The FirstNet Authority continues to engage public safety from every discipline to better understand what they need from…
Integrating FirstNet into 911 Operations
Spatial Network’s Fulcrum App Earns FirstNet Listed Designation
Achieving a FirstNet Listed designation means Fulcrum is a vetted and trusted solution for public safety, meeting FirstNet app requirements. Additionally, FirstNet subscribers will benefit…
Public Safety Advocate: 9/11, Rural Broadband, Datacast
Above all else, this week was the anniversary of the terrible tragedies of 9/11. For public safety, 9/11 was also the beginning of a nationwide…
Harnessing FirstNet to enhance EMS response and improve patient care
By Brent Williams, Senior Advisor for EMS, First Responder Network Authority With the arrival of FirstNet, emergency physicians, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) now have…
FirstNet users will have access to 5G, but Band 14 will remain on 4G LTE for years, AT&T’s FirstNet lead says
FirstNet users will have access to AT&T’s 5G services that are set to be available nationwide by the middle of next year, but the 700…
Axon Body 3 Now Certified by AT&T for FirstNet Nationwide Public Safety Communications Platform
FirstNet Ready™ Device Helps Improve Situational Awareness and Law Enforcement Officer Safety PRESS RELEASE SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Axon (AAXN), the global leader in connected…
Allthingsfirstnet launches new website for Telecommunicators
Allthingsfirstnet.com announced a new website dedicated exclusively to public safety telecommunicators. PRESS RELEASE Allthingsfirstnet.com announced a new website dedicated exclusively to public safety telecommunicators. The…
New Cell Tower up on Maryland Island Thanks to FirstNet
Standing across the busy two-lane road from Tilghman Island’s fire station, Maryland officials cut a ribbon on Tuesday celebrating a new cell tower erected thanks…
AT&T scores GWS ‘Best Wireless Network’ ranking
Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) on Wednesday released results of drive test data and consumer research that for the second year ranked AT&T in the…
Public Safety Advocate: Interference at the Southern Border
In opening, I would like to welcome our new subscribers. The topics we cover relate to wireless communications, especially as used by public safety, and…
Super-Fast, Highly Secure 4G LTE USB Modem from Inseego Now Available for Use with AT&T Services
Ultra-compact, powerful USB modem delivers plug-and-play speed and simplicity to connect laptops and other devices 4G LTE (Cat 18) USB800 Modem also certified and approved…
Preparing for Dorian: AT&T Will Deploy these Flying COWs During the Storm
AT&T has expanded its Flying COW (Cell on Wings) drone fleet, which supports cellular coverage for disaster recovery and FirstNet emergency response. Courtesy of AT&T
AT&T Networks Prepare for Hurricane Dorian
AT&T* is ready for Tropical Storm Dorian with a fleet of disaster response equipment and personnel if needed.
Partners set standards for emergency communications
Two cooperative research and development agreements, between the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the First Responder Network Authority and more than 75 industry partners, have made emergency service communication easier.
ID validation on the fly for emergency response
A new solution aims to speed incident response by dynamically vetting and authorizing first responders and their devices so they can access and share information when they are participating in incidents outside their home jurisdiction.