AT&T has added a 55-foot aerostat to the company's fleet of deployable network assets built to complement a national broadband communications system for first responders. FirstNet One is designed to facilitate LTE connectivity within a targeted area in tne event of a disaster, Chris Sambar, executive vice president of technology operations at AT&T, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday.
Chris Sambar, a senior vice president at AT&T, has said the company's efforts to fulfill communications support requests from FirstNet subscribers during 2018 attracted more public safety agencies to adopt the nationwide first-responder network, Urgent Communications reported Friday. He noted the telecommunications firm has resolved 90 requests this year, four to six times higher than the number recorded […] More
AT&T has fielded 72 network assets for first responders who intend to use a national public safety communications network. The company said Thursday FirstNet users can leverage the deployable assets in planned events or emergency operations such as shooter situations and natural disasters, among other things, without connecting to commercial power. Subscribers can also request access […] More
The team of AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority has partnered with Sonim to develop portable kits that first responders can use to establish connectivity to a national public safety communications network during emergencies in remote and rural areas. An emergency drop kit for the FirstNet platform will feature four Sonim XP8 devices equipped […] More
Motorola Solutions has introduced a handheld device built to operate with a nationwide public safety communications system AT&T is building for the First Responder Network Authority under a public-private partnership. FirstNet Ready LEX L11 is designed with tools that will work to support communications in high-noise environments and transmit information to dispatch centers, Motorola said Monday. The company developed the […] More
AT&T has deployed the Band 14 spectrum to at least 2,500 sites across the U.S. as part of the build-out phase for a national public safety broadband network intended for first responders. The company said Friday the spectrum is expected to be fielded to more than 10,000 sites as part of the First Responder Network […] More
AT&T has launched a program that allows selected dealers of public safety systems to promote and sell the FirstNet communications platform to their fellow providers. The Texas-based company said Wednesday it developed the FirstNet Dealer Program to reach agencies that prefer to purchase FirstNet services through a dealer, as well as filter providers that can […] More
At least 1,000 public safety agencies in the U.S. and its territories have adopted a national public safety broadband network set up by AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority through a public-private partnership. Federal agencies, tribal safety agencies, school districts, state patrol agencies, volunteer firefighters and other first responders have used FirstNet to facilitate emergency […] More
