FirstNet

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 …

  Internet of things company Telit is ramping up its support of the FirstNet IoT ecosystem, with the launch of its first embedded modules with Band 14 support for LTE …

The FirstNet network build-out is helping AT&T to increase its network capacity by about 50% as it adds additional band support while turning up FirstNet’s Band 14 spectrum, according to …

FirstNet build is essential to future 5G plans AT&T is currently using its millimeter wave spectrum to offer up a standards-based 5G service in parts of 12 markets. And, over …

The events that took place on 9/11 revealed a number of holes in America?s emergency communications infrastructure. On the ground at the World Trade Center that day, first responders from …

Tillman Infrastructure building hundreds of towers for AT&T Companies like American Tower and Crown Castle are highly profitable and show significant return from investors. The other side of that equation …

FirstNet base up to 3,600 agencies and 250,000 lines Speaking during the recent Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference, Scott Mair, president of AT&T Operations, provided an update on …

Currently selling FirstNet to 3,600 first responder agencies AT&T’s ongoing build of a dedicated, nationwide LTE network for first responders creates a near-term revenue opportunity as a police, firefighters and …

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 says it continues to see rapid growth in its subscriber base More than 3,600 public safety agencies around the country are now subscribers of FirstNet-AT&T — although FirstNet leaders …

Verizon focuses on interoperability in public safety push Although the operator lost out on FirstNet to AT&T, Verizon continues to push its public safety offerings, most recently through partnerships that …

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 …

  The events that took place on 9/11 revealed a number of holes in America’s emergency communications infrastructure. On the ground at the World Trade Center that day, first responders …

Connected streetlights could alert public safety officials to car accidents AT&T has a lot going on at the moment. In addition to working to meet its goal of launching commercial, …

T-Mobile US gets a win with support for 600 MHz; new iPhones also support AT&T-FirstNet’s Band 14 Apple’s release of its latest iPhone models — the Xs, Xs Max and …

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. …

As the summer ends, the weather worsens. For some, the changing seasons bring devastating storms. Their shadows grow ever-longer, and the risk to life grows ever-higher. Last year (2017) saw …

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 …

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Verizon pledges to remove restrictions when disaster strikes The Santa Clara County Fire Department, which is involved in fighting the largest wildfire in the state’s history, last week complained to …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put 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 …

From so-called “drop kits” and handsets to modems and internet of things (IoT) modules, the news out of the annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) show in Las Vegas …