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The Woodward County Sheriff’s Office is exploring a cellular-based radio communication system with FirstNet that Sheriff Keith Frutiger said could significantly improve communications for deputies ...

Cubic Mission Solutions’ Vocality RoIP with Integrated Band 14 FirstNet modem is a simple-to-use Radio over IP gateway certified for use on the AT&T and FirstNet 4G LTE networks SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Tango Tango app, provided by a Huntsville-based communications company, is now FirstNet Certified™ and available via the FirstNet App Catalog. FirstNet – America ...

Although more than 9,800 U.S. agencies are now on board with the nationwide public safety communications platform FirstNet, debate persists about the very issue it is designed to solve: ...

The FirstNet initiative was born out of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that showed the need for a unified communications network. The FirstNet initiative was born out of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that ...

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 ...

Earlier this year, AT&T won a 25-year contract from the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to build and run the first broadband network that will cater to first responders including police ...

For decades first responders have been limited to essentially unchanged radio communications for voice. Today, first responders rely on more than 10,000 separate, incompatible, and often proprietary ...

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 ...

The police chief of Alaska's largest city hurried out of the department's glass building after the ground began to shake. Phone lines jammed and even police radios were spotty after a major earthquake ...