Public Safety Advocate: Speeds and Feeds
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Public Safety Advocate: Speeds and Feeds
AT&T Boosts Mobile Coverage for The Big Game
AT&T Boosts Atlanta Area Mobile Coverage for Pro Football’s Big Game
AT&T* customers and FirstNet subscribers are getting a big boost in cellular coverage and capacity throughout the Atlanta area to prep for football’s Biggest Game. ATLANTA, GA January 22,…
FirstNet official urges local governments to issue smartphones to first responders
All first responders should have government-issued smartphones to ensure that public-safety personnel can access wireless broadband capabilities and that any data or evidence captured is…
Data sharing, cost savings incentivize Local EMS to adopt FirstNet
By Brent Williams, Senior EMS Advisor FirstNet is making its mark across the country and as I meet with emergency medical services professionals, I’m pleased…
Public Safety Advocate: CES and more News and Views
First, I must admit I did not attend the yearly Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that is held in Las Vegas in early January. In fact,…
FirstNet Authority seeking additional industry partners, Acting CEO Parkinson tells CES
While the FirstNet partnership with AT&T has yielded good progress to date, the FirstNet Authority does not want “to put all of our eggs in…
Fire chief encourages early FirstNet adoption, cites cost savings, potential mission-critical use in 2024
Public-safety agencies should subscribe to FirstNet soon, so they can test the system’s capabilities and better evaluate future possibilities—perhaps LMR replacement within five years—according to…
PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW
By TJ Kennedy, Co-Founder Public Safety Network It’s been a tremendously exciting year for the development and implementation of new technologies leveraging public safety broadband…
AT&T Helping Those Affected by Government Shutdown
AT&T January 9, 2019 For our customers affected by the shutdown, you are eligible for flexible payment options to keep your service running. Just because…
More Than 50,000 Square Miles of LTE Coverage Added Nationwide to Support AT&T and FirstNet Users
Band 14 Spectrum Deployed in More Than 500 Rural and Urban Markets Across the Country; FirstNet Connections Exceed 425,000+ PRESS RELEASE January 9, 2019 AT&T…
Public Safety Advocate: 2019 Overview
As we start the New Year, I would like to once again let you know that what may seem to be an AT&T leaning on…
Remembering Ed Reynolds, a FirstNet Pioneer
By Edward Parkinson, Acting CEO The First Responder Network Authority team is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Board member Ed Reynolds…
Public Safety Advocate: Looking Forward to 2019
Happy New Year to all of you! Hopefully, 2019 will be a great year for all of us including the public safety community of dispatchers,…
CenturyLink outage that hit 911 service spurs FCC investigation
The disruption affected 911 emergency services nationwide. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called the problem “particularly troubling” in its “breadth and duration.” SOURCE: cnet.com DATE: December…