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 ...

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) recently opened a new laboratory at its headquarters in Boulder, Colo. The FirstNet Innovation and Test Lab will serve as a “plug and play” center so ...

Imagine you’re battling a massive wildfire and you have to check in with your fellow firefighters regarding changing wind conditions. But when you attempt to contact them, the connection is virtually ...

Charles Werner explains that the lab will test the functionality and features unique to the mission-critical public safety broadband network. The FITL is located at FirstNet’s technical headquarters ...

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 ...

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 ...

Public safety providers in central Ohio had the chance to experience the future of broadband for managing emergency incidents. Using a dedicated public safety 700 MHz LTE broadband network — FirstNet ...

FirstNet MegaRange—the new FirstNet offering that leverages high-power-user-equipment (HPUE) technology to extend the effective range of a cell site—delivered throughput speeds that could support ...

The ability for emergency responders to communicate across agencies and jurisdictions is essential for a timely and effective response. Crises can easily involve a broad range of disciplines (law ...

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 ...