First Responders Network Authority

The governing board for the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) has approved network reinvestments of $547 million for its fiscal year 2024, focused on increasing coverage and transitioning FirstNet to …

First Responders Network Authority CEO Edward Parkinson is leaving his role in two weeks, for a position in the private sector. The FirstNet Authority said that its deputy CEO, Lisa Casias, …

AT&T execs say that the pandemic is building awareness of FirstNet services FirstNet now has 1.3 million connections, AT&T executives say, which reflects a 30% increase from the 1 million …

The FirstNet network operated by AT&T has been accepting subscribers for more than a year now, with service offered across all of AT&T’s commercial spectrum bands, a private network core …

The Secretary of Commerce has appointed six members to the First Responders Network Authority board, filling five vacancies and making one re-appointment of a board member. FirstNet Chair Edward Horowitz, …

FirstNet customers have access to deployable network assets A fleet of 72 deployable cell sites are available to public safety agencies who subscribe to AT&T-FirstNet’s services, according to the carrier. …

FirstNet’s new leaders include an acting CEO and board vice chair The First Responders Network Authority has a new acting CEO and board vice chair, as the public safety communications …

Mike Poth led the FirstNet Authority for three years The First Responders Network Authority’s CEO is leaving for the private sector after serving for three years as head of FirstNet. …

AT&T-FirstNet says that it has more than 150,000 connections for public safety use AT&T-FirstNet said in a blog entry that it has nearly doubled the number of agencies signed on …

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross now has seven FirstNet board seats to fill The chair and vice-chair of the First Responders Network Authority board are stepping down, two years into …

FirstNet board approves budget, recognizes Swenson In its first fiscal year of being funded by payments from network contractor AT&T, the First Responders Network Authority board allocated funds nearly evenly …

AT&T has activated FirstNet spectrum at some 2,500 sites As the carrier activates the FirstNet LTE network dedicated for use by first responders, while simultaneously augmenting its own consumer-facing network …

AT&T is moving forward with its nationwide build of a public safety LTE network for the First Responders Network Authority, or FirstNet, equipped with priority and preemption — but the …

In a lofty shared workspace in San Francisco, more than 200 developers and public safety officials recently gathered to work on developing new applications first responders. It was the first …

Competition for public safety customers continues to heat up, with AT&T launching its network core for the First Responders Network Authority — and Verizon responding with the general availability of …

The First Responders Network Authority and carrier partner AT&T have passed another hurdle in achieving a nationwide public safety broadband network: the deadline for opt-in/opt-out decisions ended with all fifty …

Making good on its promise to deliver preemption capabilities to First Responder Network Authority customers by the end of the year, AT&T says that it is now offering “ruthless preemption” …

Vermont has already decided to opt in to AT&T’s build-out of a nationwide public safety LTE network, but leaked documents from consultants’ assessments of the First Responders Network Authority plans …

FirstNet oversight hearing highlights different perspectives on opt-in/opt-out In a hearing yesterday on Capitol Hill, representatives from multiple states and the First Responders Network Authority were quizzed on topics ranging …

Former governors criticize FirstNet effort; congressional oversight hearing set for next week FORT WORTH, Tex.–Former governors Jeb Bush and Martin O’Malley took to the stage at the Competitive Carriers Association …

24 states have opted in, the rest have until Dec. 28 to decide After a brief delay, the deadline for governors to decide whether to opt in or opt out …

Arkansas, Wyoming and Kentucky join Virginia as the first states to opt in to FirstNet network The First Responders Network Authority is gaining momentum as states begin to declare their …

Although the nationwide build of a dedicated LTE network for first responders has faced numerous delays, federal officials are looking to give the First Responder Network Authority a shot in …

The First Responders Network Authority is planning to award a contract for a new, nationwide public safety LTE network to a commercial partner by November 1, with caveats that the …

The First Responders Network Authority has extended the deadline for responses to its call for bids for a national public safety LTE network for another two weeks. Request for Proposal …