If you’re a first responder, there’s a good chance that you’ve already heard of FirstNet. But you may not know why it was established and how it can benefit you—particularly in emergency situations.

Any significant changes to the public safety broadband network would be complex, expensive and may disrupt services delivery if the contract with AT&T is interrupted or changed before 2042, GAO warned ...

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

The Department of Commerce’s FirstNet must establish a nationwide broadband network for public safety officials (like police officers and firefighters). In 2017, FirstNet awarded AT&T a contract to ...

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 ...

A $2 billion spending and cost-reduction package involving AT&T and the federal government could bring improvements to a mobile phone network dedicated to public safety. A new agreement with the U.S.