Huge CenturyLink outage caused by bad networking card in Colorado
A widespread outage on CenturyLink’s cloud network that lasted almost two days and hampered emergency phone service in Washington and other states was caused by…
Huge CenturyLink outage caused by bad networking card in Colorado
Dispatchers answered more than 4,500 texts in first year of Text-to-911
DATE: The first year of Minnesota’s statewide Text-to-911 system is showing that the service is saving lives and making it easier to contact first responders….
“911, What’s Your Emergency?” – Looking Ahead to the Next 50 Years of 911
By Mo Katibeh, AT&T Business CMO NextGen 911 solutions like AT&T ESInet™ offer increased reliability, resiliency and security when transferring calls based on location tracking…
Next Paradigm Consulting Releases Grant Assistant Document for Colorado School Grants
PRESS RELEASE Las Vegas Nevada December 20, 2018 Next Paradigm Consulting in partnership with Bella Vita Consulting released today a grant assistance document to assist…
Public Safety Advocate: Part III ⏤ Devices and Applications
Since this is the last Advocate of 2018, I want to start with wishing all of you the best holidays ever, regardless of how or what you…
Operability is the key for Fresno County Sheriff
Margaret Mims Fresno County Sheriff “When I first heard about FirstNet, I thought, ‘here’s our opportunity to fix that problem.’” – Margaret Mims, Fresno County…
AT&T and Cradlepoint Provide the First Step on the Path to 5G for First Responders and Businesses
Access to New Cradlepoint Routers Gives FirstNet and AT&T Users the Fastest Speeds Possible Today with an Upgradable Path to 5G in the Future PRESS…
AT&T exec emphasizes 2018 response efforts during FirstNet board meeting
AT&T has deployed fulfilled 90 requests from FirstNet public-safety subscribers this year—several times more than the carrier fulfilled in its role as a commercial carrier…
911: A Look Back and a Look Forward
December 11, 2018 – 9:45 am By Lisa M. Fowlkes | Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau There is no higher priority at the…
Public Safety Advocate: Part II — Coverage
Last week I looked at the state of the Push-To-Talk (PTT) situation and what I believe is needed to make PTT mission-critical-ready on FirstNet or…
FirstNet ‘primarily’ being used for voice communications to date, AT&T exec says
Most FirstNet public-safety subscribers are using their broadband connectivity to support voice communications, and AT&T is utilizing the installation of gear to support operations on…
New FirstNet Chair Horowitz encouraged by progress, outlines ‘FirstNet 2.0’ plans
Leaders of U.S. public-safety organizations are “thrilled” with AT&T’s development of the FirstNet system and want the FirstNet Authority to continue its advocacy for first…
VP of Public Safety Operations Talks RapidSOS
By Christopher Vondracek When Tom Guthrie served as Vice President of Smart Public Safety Solutions with Motorola Solutions, he first became aware of a small…
Orion Labs’ Push-to-Talk Application Is Now FirstNet Certified
First responders and eligible public safety organizations can communicate in real-time to stay connected and better protect their communities PRESS RELEASE December 5, 2018 SAN…
AT&T CEO says FirstNet build is one-third completed, will help 5G push and increase network capacity by 50% by end of 2019
AT&T is six months ahead of its contracted schedule to deploy the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to FirstNet, and the public-safety initiative will…