FirstNet could relieve emergency workers of having to carry multiple radios and other communications devices. AP Photo/Ric Francis In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, public safety agencies ...

Even before Morgan O’Brien’s keynote opening of the 2006 International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) conference, I had the opportunity and honor (along with other public safety officials) to ...

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 ...

America’s first nationwide public safety communications network took one step closer to reality Wednesday when the First Responder Network Authority — better known as FirstNet — announced a new ...

Communication tests for first responders during emergencies were conducted using new portable cell sites in Puerto Rico. Liberty and the FirstNet team at AT&T recently conducted tests on the FirstNet ...

This architecture contains a set of tools that were used for testing the performance of streaming video un der various loads at the FistNet Test and Innovation Lab. The architecture consists of three ...

How often do you think about how your smartphone or tablet maintains its signal? What about in mobile situations, such as being in a vehicle traveling through a mix of rural and urban areas? While ...

With FirstNet on track to complete its core network on schedule this quarter, the dedicated, nationwide first responder platform is seeing a markedly positive response from local agencies that, like ...

Now that the initial build-out of the FirstNet network has been completed, the First Responders Network Authority is turning its attention to continuing upgrades and coverage expansion. Yesterday, the ...

In times of national crisis, communications are essential. Whether responding to a terrorist attack or a tragic natural disaster, first responders need a guaranteed method of connecting. That’s why ...