The attacks of 9/11 revealed the incompatible and balkanized state of emergency and public safety communications in America, with police unable to communicate by radio with firefighters. When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) As former senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, we sparred on many policy ...

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

Government investigators have been asked to probe potential conflicts of interest in a federal board that’s now building out a $7 billion nationwide wireless system for cops and firefighters. One of ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says Congress should consider reauthorizing the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) before 2027 to ensure network continuity. The FirstNet authority ...

FirstNet is designed with and for America's first responders and the extended public safety community that could be called upon to support them. FirstNet is evolving based on the needs of and feedback ...

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 ...

VIENNA, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) and AT&T have agreed to collaborate on the verification of eligibility process that will facilitate qualified alarm companies to use FirstNet services to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A first responder-centric approach to 5G Bringing comprehensive tower-to-core network encryption The FirstNet Health & Wellness Coalition to better support responders holistically First ...

TC57, TC77 mobile computers and ET56, L10 Series, XSLATE R12 tablets certified and approved for use on FirstNet The FirstNet Ready™ mobile computers and tablets support access to the physically ...