The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) has published a formal document describing how it plans to expand the nation’s evolving next-gen emergency communications network over the coming five ...

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What's the news? FirstNet®, Built with AT&T* – the only network built with and for America's first responders – is expanding public safety's dedicated fleet of deployable network assets. Only FirstNet ...

FirstNet MegaRange, Z-Axis, Compact Rapid Deployables, and LMR Interoperability for Push-To-Talk Solutions Launch to Help Public Safety on their Lifesaving Missions. Why is this important? Information ...

Wildland fires continue to burn at all-time highs. From January to July 2021, more than 2.6 million acres were burned nationwide, including the massive, yet-to-be-contained Bootleg Fire in Oregon. In ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board approved the organization’s first investment opportunities to expand and enhance FirstNet, the nationwide public ...

Why is this important? Information is everything in an emergency. Before FirstNet, it was often hard for public safety officials to communicate and work together to save lives due to congestion on ...

AT&T and FirstNet often go hand-in-hand in conversations regarding public safety communications. Where AT&T makes the call connect, FirstNet makes sure it is working as first responders need it to be.

Why is this important? Information is everything in an emergency. Before FirstNet, it was often hard for public safety officials to communicate and work together to save lives due to congestion on ...

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board on Wednesday approved a $253 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), with a focus on overseeing deployment of the nationwide public ...