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Rivada Networks loses...
Governor Sununu says the state will pursue build-out with Rivada Networks
New Hampshire has become the first state to opt out of AT&T's nationwide build-out of a public safety LTE network for the First Responders Network Authority, as the Dec. 28th deadline approaches for all...
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 show for a fireside-chat-style discussion of public safety communications that was more than a little...
States must abide by FCC's FirstNet opt-out procedures if they don't participate in AT&T's FirstNet build
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve the opt-out procedures by which states must abide if they decide that they don't want to be part of the First...
AT&T has officially been selected as the commercial partner that will build and maintain a nationwide public safety LTE network for the First Responders Network Authority.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson joined federal officials as the news was announced Thursday morning and told the crowd that starting this...
Rivada Networks confirmed it has filed a protest over its exclusion from the FirstNet bidding process, with reports indicating AT&T is likely selected bidder.
AT&T is reportedly in the driver’s seat in winning a network service contract with the federal government’s First Responder...
A nationwide LTE network for public safety is facing another delay on its road to reality, with an acknowledgement from the First Responders Network Authority that the roughly $6.5 billion network contract will not be awarded on Nov. 1 as had been hoped.
In a...
Recent bolstering of leadership, vendor partnership agreements show Rivada aggressively positioning itself in FirstNet bid
Few companies have been more public in expressing their intent regarding a partnership with the First Responder Network Authority than Rivada Networks, which is looking to garner a significant share...
FirstNet hopeful Rivada Networks continues to accumulate former Sprint executives with Stephen Bye the latest to join the company
Add yet another former Sprint executive to the payroll of Rivada Networks, as the company announced the addition of Stephen Bye as CTO.
In his new role,...
Rivada Networks names four former Sprint wholesale and enterprise executives to leadership positions
Rivada Networks continues to tap former Sprint executives to fill its ranks, announcing the hiring of four former leaders of the carrier to senior positions at its Rivada Mercury business. The new...
Rivada Networks looks to its dynamic spectrum market technology in boosting FirstNet deployment and operation plans
The federal government has for nearly 15 years attempted to put together the assets needed to build out a nationwide public safety network designed to serve the needs of...
Rivada fleshed out its FirstNet plans, announcing a handful of vendor partners, claims of agreements with a nationwide LTE carrier and regional telecom operators
Fresh off plucking a former Sprint executive to help lead its cause, Rivada Mercury unveiled vendor partners lined up to help...
Joe Euteneuer, who left Sprint last August, was named co-CEO and CFO at Rivada Networks, which is looking to bid in the FirstNet program
Longtime Sprint executive Joe Euteneuer has turned up at Rivada Networks, which is looking to provide broadband services to the public...