BROWSING: FirstNet

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Public safety pursues...

The 'next phase' of the FirstNet network focuses on 5G and coverage expansion Having completed the initial deployment of the FirstNet network for first responders, AT&T and the First Responders Network Authority today announced that they expect to invest $8 billion in to the network...

The governing board for the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) has approved network reinvestments of $547 million for its fiscal year 2024, focused on increasing coverage and transitioning FirstNet to a full 5G network. FirstNet says that as of the end of 2023, it...

The new AT&T Connected Solutions group incorporates connected vehicles into larger IoT business Over the years CES has gradually brought in more and more automotive technology and this year was no exception. Given AT&T’s long-standing leadership in connecting vehicles, RCR Wireless News caught up with...

Telecom carriers continue to work on restoring service in the areas of West Maui impacted by devastatingly destructive wildfires. The official death toll stood at 96 as of early Monday, with hundreds of people still missing and the search and recovery efforts still in...

The devastating wildfires in Hawaii have caused at least 55 deaths and widespread damage, particularly in the city of Lahaina on Maui, as well as communications outages because cellular towers have burned. Carriers have already been deploying support for first responders and residents to...

Speaking recently with RCR Wireless News, Nextivity CEO Michiel Lotter discussed the company’s recent acquisition of Assured Wireless as well as the launch of Nextivity’s new private networking solution, HARMONY. The two are ushering in a new era of critical communication and in-building connectivity,...

FirstNet's spectrum use has been reauthorized, but Congress must act to extend its statutory authority A Federal Communications Commission bureau has reauthorized Firstnet's use of its Band 14 700 MHz spectrum, while a pending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would make the agency's...

A new survey of more than 7,100 first responders conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reflects their need for communications tech that is "trustworthy," "controllable" and " user frustration." NIST's "Voice of First Responders" project was five years in the...

A central office flood and a 2019 bombing prompted AT&T to rethink resilience When AT&T was in the running for the FirstNet contract to run a national network for first responders, Chris Sambar—now AT&T's president of network—was the head of AT&T's FirstNet team. He said...

AT&T is spending around $120 million annually on network resiliency work As Hurricane Ian spun toward the Florida coast in late September, AT&T was making some risky calculations about where to stage pallets of equipment and tractor-trailers full of generators that would help power its...

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! T-Mobile US turns...

A new information portal makes the climate-change-related data that AT&T uses to inform its own network resiliency planning available to communities so that they can access free, sophisticated data on anticipated local weather and climate-related hazards. The Climate Rick & Resilience (ClimRR) data...

"Cellular devices are centric to what we're doing," LAPD commander tells the FirstNet board The First Responders Network Authority board has approved the agency's budget for fiscal year 2023, with the majority going toward network reinvestments with partner AT&T. The budget allocations fell into three categories:...

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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Hurl your handset!...

The immersive lab, a partnership between the FirstNet Authority and NIST's PSCR, enables both training and tech R&D During the Marshall Fire, which burned around 1,000 homes in small towns west of Boulder, Colorado in late December 2021, the First Responder Network Authority's technical quarters...

First Responders Network Authority CEO Edward Parkinson is leaving his role in two weeks, for a position in the private sector. The FirstNet Authority said that its deputy CEO, Lisa Casias, will step into the position of acting CEO as of May 10. FirstNet will...

AT&T-FirstNet has struck a new contract to provide service to 15 U.S. Air Force bases for a term of 21 years, which is the remainder of AT&T's public-private partnership contract with the First Responders Network Authority. The Air Force is adopting FirstNet at those 15...

The First Responders Network Authority board has set its budget for the coming fiscal year, which includes $94 million in network reinvestments. The board approved a $253 million budget for fiscal year 2022, allocating $79.3 million for the authority's operating budget, $79.3 million in...

AT&T is making sub-6 GHz 5G network access available to FirstNet customers in 10 more U.S. cites, expanding the use of High-Power User Equipment and touting the ability of the network to be used as a backup connectivity option for public safety answering points...

FirstNet-AT&T has expanded its fleet of portable land- and air-based cell sites for temporary coverage, with more than 100 deployables now available to FirstNet subscribers at no additional charge. The new deployables include three Communications Vehicles (CVs) stationed across the country, four micro satellite...

The FirstNet Authority has made "significant progress" toward fulfilling its mandate to oversee and manage the build-out and operations of a nationwide cellular network for first responders, according to the authority's latest annual report to Congress. The FirstNet Authority is an independent entity that...

The global pandemic, severe wildfire and one of the most active hurricane seasons on record have meant that 2020 "has proved to be an exceptional test year" for the FirstNet network, according to the most recent iteration of Ericsson's Mobility Report (pdf). The report...

AT&T and Cisco have signed a new, multi-year agreement that expands their collaboration around enterprise IoT device management, with an AT&T Control Center powered by Cisco offering that they say enables "near real-time visibility" of all devices on a business' network. The two companies already...