One of the 9/11 Commission’s key recommendations in 2004 was that Congress should provide for the expedited and increased assignment of radio spectrum for public safety purposes. It took eight years ...

As former senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, we sparred on many policy issues. But we agreed that First Responders needed the most innovative, interoperable communications ...

The service, currently in trial, will enable FirstNet network to provide coverage for “any potential emergencies”, says Scott ...

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) has published a formal document describing how it plans to expand the nation’s evolving next-gen emergency communications network over the coming five ...

First responders have been dreaming about their promised network for years. Then in March, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) selected AT&T to build the Nationwide Public Safety ...

For decades first responders have been limited to essentially unchanged radio communications for voice. Today, first responders rely on more than 10,000 separate, incompatible, and often proprietary ...

AT&T said Friday all 50 US states including Washington DC, US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico have opted-in to its FirstNet communications network for first responders. FirstNet aims to provide a ...

Brad is a contributor to StateTech. He’s covered technology since 1991, when he first got his start in the industry. Recently, a bomb threat in rural Stephenson County, Ill., 120 miles northwest of ...

FirstNet, a communications platform built by AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), is being used by more than 7,250 public safety agencies with over 600,000 device ...

FirstNet released its final Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking a Contractor to build and operate the nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN), as authorized by the Middle Class Tax Cut and ...

Wireless smartphone plans are historically confusing and complicated — and this can be especially true when trying to mix and match different plan types. Take AT&T as an example. Ever since the ...