Although more than 9,800 U.S. agencies are now on board with the nationwide public safety communications platform FirstNet, debate persists about the very issue it is designed to solve: ...

AT&T, the company behind FirstNet, has announced four new solutions to improve communications and situational awareness for police, firefighters and other first responders. The four new solutions are ...

EAGLE COUNTY — Eagle County taxpayers spend about $500,000 a year on a first responder radio system, covering about 95 percent of the county. That’s not good enough for the federal government, which ...

Cubic Mission Solutions’ Vocality RoIP with Integrated Band 14 FirstNet modem is a simple-to-use Radio over IP gateway certified for use on the AT&T and FirstNet 4G LTE networks SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS ...

FirstNet™—The future of critical communications is riding on this network. Traditionally first responders are LMR users, however it’s clear the transition to LTE cellular is on the horizon. A ...

States are getting an early look at what they might have to do to opt out of a nationwide, interoperable broadband network for first responders. Congress set aside about $7 billion from a lucrative ...

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.

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Shortly after beginning my career with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the late 1980s, a tragic event occurred that left a lasting impact on countless lives, including mine. The emotional ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Tango Tango app, provided by a Huntsville-based communications company, is now FirstNet Certified™ and available via the FirstNet App Catalog. FirstNet – America ...

Following the September 11, 2001, attacks, investigations revealed significant communication failures among first responders. Police and fire departments operated on incompatible radio systems, ...

The FirstNet initiative was born out of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that showed the need for a unified communications network. The FirstNet initiative was born out of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that ...