The FirstNet Authority Board approved this week a $2 billion expansion of FirstNet for coverage improvement, with a focus on territories, tribal nations and rural areas. At its quarterly meeting last ...

First Responder Communications Stay at the Forefront of Innovation with 5G Upgrades, Coverage Enhancements, and Mission-Critical Services. Why is this important? FirstNet is a catalyst for technology ...

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) continues its progress on developing a Roadmap to advance the only broadband network dedicated to public safety – FirstNet – and deliver a ...

The First Responder Network Authority is deploying over 135 new cell sites nationwide, focusing on remote and rural areas to improve public safety communications.

A national public safety communications network will receive an $8 billion investment over the next 10 years to expand 5G capabilities and mission-critical services, the First Responder Network ...

RESTON, Va. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of 11 members to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority). This includes ...

Dereck Orr, director of NIST Public Safety Communications Research, talks to FirstNet board chair Stephen Benjamin while he tries out a virtual reality program for firefighters in the new immersive ...

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) announced today that it has named Joseph M. Wassel as its new executive director/CEO. Wassel spent 34 years with the Department of Defense ...

In only 6 years since the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) partnered with AT&T to deliver America’s public safety network, more agencies – think fire, law enforcement and EMS – ...

The First Responder Network Authority and AT&T (NYSE: T) have unveiled a 10-year, $8 billion initiative to further develop and expand FirstNet, the country’s public safety broadband network. The ...

ATLANTA — Keisha Lance Bottoms has been named board chair of the First Net Authority, a first responder network within the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information ...

First Responder Communications Stay at the Forefront of Innovation with 5G Upgrades, Coverage Enhancements, and Mission-Critical Services. What's the news? The FirstNet Authority and its network ...