The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board announced on Aug. 17 another restructuring of its senior management. The positions of CEO and president were formed, with former police captain ...

At a recent national gathering of police commanders and telecommunications executives, one executive lamented: “What company sends its employees into the field without a smartphone? Cops do. They give ...

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 ...

According to FirstNet, roughly 31,000 U.S. public-safety agencies now subscribe to the network. The authority’s history page ...

Baltimore PD Along with 15,000 Other Public Safety Agencies Across the U.S. on FirstNet, Uses New Technologies to Expand Their Capabilities to Better Serve, Protect and Defend Baltimore Residents ...

House lawmakers are moving forward with a reauthorization of the federally supported communications network for emergency ...

The latest technologies promise cops the ability to whip out a smartphone, take a snapshot of a passerby, and instantly learn if that person is in an immigration or gang database. A federal broadband ...

Though it’s not a renowned high-tech hub, Brazos County, Tex., has become the showroom for what technology can do for police officers, paramedics and firefighters nationwide, through the newly created ...

With 1,500 public safety agencies (and rising) adopting FirstNet, it's understandable for there to be questions regarding the relatively new concept. I wrote to AT&T with in hopes they'd help clarify ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Police will have better communication capabilities by becoming part of FirstNet, while also realizing an annual cost savings through AT&T, officials said Tuesday. “Communication is ...

March 31 (Reuters) - AT&T has reached a deal to invest about $1 billion to improve the Commerce Department's FirstNet and ...