The First Responder Network Authority has collaborated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a facility where technology developers can test public safety equipment with emergency response personnel. The
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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has appointed Stephen Benjamin, mayor Columbia, South Carolina, as the new chairman of the Board of the First Responder Network Authority. Benjamin joins 10 other newly appointed and
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The U.S. Air Force has tapped AT&T to provide its FirstNet broadband communications platform to enhance communications for public safety personnel and first responders at 15 bases across the country, with the possibility for
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The First Responder Network (FirstNet) Authority has issued a document designed to guide emergency managers how to use the capabilities, products and services of a national public safety broadband network. The Emergency
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AT&T announced on Thursday three significant milestones for FirstNet that will support and meet first responder needs. They are a first responder-centric approach to 5G use, comprehensive tower-to-core network encryption and the
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AT&T announced on Thursday that Jason Porter, has been selected to lead the company’s Public Sector business and FirstNet organization. With this announcement, Porter has formally assumed the role as the leader of
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Richard Carrizzo, fire chief at the Southern Platte Fire Protection District, has been named vice-chair of the First Responder Network (FirstNet) Authority's board. FirstNet said Wednesday the 35-year fire and emergency services
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Robert Tipton Osterthaler, a retired brigadier general at the U.S. Air Force, has been appointed board chair of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). Ostherthaler will replace Edward Horowitz, who is slated to
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Edward Parkinson, CEO of the First Responder Network Authority, said FirstNet has reached new milestones this week with the announcement of over 11K user organizations. FirstNet now has coverage across the U.S.
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Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Jill Singer, vice president of National Security for AT&T’s global public sector and GovCon Expert, her fifth Wash100 Award, as a part of the
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