What does it mean to have a building that is FirstNet ready?
This report digs into various type of in-building coverage strategies for public safety users and how industry players are trying to get first responders the indoor coverage that is integral to their daily...
AT&T has agreed to sell its operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to regional telecom operator Liberty Latin America, lock, stock and barrel -- or more properly in the case of telecom assets, spectrum, real estate/leases, and customers/contracts. However, AT&T is...
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FirstNet opt-in deadline...
What does it mean to have a building that is FirstNet ready? This webinar digs into various type of in-building coverage strategies for public safety users and how industry players are trying to get first responders the indoor coverage that is integral to their...
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 for public safety users and Band 14 coverage built out in about 650 markets...
AT&T announced late Friday that Chris Sambar, who has headed up the carrier's team responsible for constructing and managing a nationwide public safety network for the First Responders Network Authority, will be moving into an executive network position for the company as a whole.
Sambar...
Video consumption trends informed AT&T network capacity planning
Speaking this week at the Goldman Sachs 28th Annual Communicopia Conference, AT&T Communications Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, in a wide-ranging discussion, highlighted the confluence of internal and external trends he sees as giving AT&T a differentiated,...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- When the Platteville Police Department in Wisconsin was trying to figure out a way to outfit every officer with a body-worn camera during their shifts, the small department of 20 sworn officers quickly came to the realization that they didn't have...
AT&T, Cradlepoint, Fleet Complete partner for public safety fleet management
As it continues to build out its dedicated public safety network and sign up first responder organizations around the country, AT&T and its partners are working to offer a range of connected solutions with the...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- FirstNet-AT&T continues to see rapid growth, with more than 9,000 agencies now signed on to its service and more than 750,000 connections, according to the carrier's latest update.
AT&T has more than 650 markets built out with 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum,...
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- The First Responders Network Authority will be receiving about $18 billion in payments from AT&T over the 25-year-term of its contract to build out and operate the nationwide FirstNet network for public safety. An estimated $16 billion of that is expected...
Verizon is touting a new statewide public safety wireless deal with the state of Massachusetts, which authorizes the operator to offer services to public safety through the state's public safety-grade wireless agreement.
Verizon claimed that this is the first state and local agency multi-vendor procurement...
FirstNet build 60% complete; 70% completion by year end, AT&T CEO says
AT&T continues to grow the reach of its LTE network dedicated to first responders with company executives reporting during a Thursday earnings call that FirstNet is approximately 60% complete and has already attracted...
Established in 2012, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) is a federal agency created by Congress to oversee the building, deployment and operation of a nationwide public safety broadband network.
Serving as an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), FirstNet is...
David Christopher, president of AT&T Mobility and Entertainment, painted a rosy picture of the state of AT&T's wireless unit at an investor event in London, from the three things AT&T is doing at each of its sites as it builds out the FirstNet network...
It’s become an annual tradition to publish my thoughts and opinions on where I foresee advancements, trends and growth in the communications industry. Before crafting this year’s forecast, I looked back at previous years and noticed four trends that repeatedly showed up as they...
FirstNet passes 600,000 subscribers
In a wide-ranging interview this week at the MoffettNathanson's 6th Annual Media & Communications Summit in New York City, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Stephens discussed how the carrier's deployment of FirstNet lays the foundation for...
FirstNet connections have reached more than 600,000, and most of those connections are new to the network, not AT&T subscribers migrating to FirstNet plans and devices, the carrier said.
"A majority of agencies and nearly 50% of FirstNet’s total connections are new subscribers (not AT&T...
One of the central tenants of the FirstNet proposition was not just a nationwide LTE network for public safety, but an ecosystem of applications that were public-safety grade. There are currently more than 50 iOS and Android applications available in the FirstNet catalog, representing...
The FirstNet-AT&T partnership is just one example of public safety LTE
The standardization of mission-critical features in LTE has helped to foster a number of global efforts to use LTE for public safety. The U.S.' Firstnet project is one, but there are a number of...
Public safety agencies are working to better respond to an increasingly technology-reliant public, while at the same time making more effective use of such technology themselves. Many of the devices and services they are turning to require LTE broadband availability – which means relying...
The board of the First Responders Network Authority voted this week to outline its priorities for network reinvestment and continue engagement with first responders to shape the network over the coming yers.
FirstNet will develop a roadmap for the network that, according to the board,...
As mobile network operators put new emphasis on competing for public safety customers, what are the services, devices and capabilities that are being enabled?
RCR Wireless News looks at the latest developments and offerings in mission-critical communications, and how they tie into broader use of...
As mobile network operators put new emphasis on competing for public safety customers, what are the services, devices and capabilities that are being enabled?
RCR Wireless News looks at the latest developments and offerings in mission-critical communications, and how they tie into broader use of...
