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 ...

The prize for the most wasteful post-9/11 initiative arguably should go to FirstNet—a whole new agency set up to provide a telecommunications system exclusively for firefighters, police, and other ...

The latest technologies promise cops the ability to whip out a smartphone, take a snapshot of a passerby, and instantly learn if that person is in an immigration or gang database. A federal broadband ...

Baltimore PD Along with 15,000 Other Public Safety Agencies Across the U.S. on FirstNet, Uses New Technologies to Expand Their Capabilities to Better Serve, Protect and Defend Baltimore Residents ...

PSBTA Vision 2022 conference in Las Vegas brought together first responders, technology experts, and equipment manufacturers LAS VEGAS, September 29, 2022 (Newswire.com) - Build it, and they will come ...

FirstNet PTT service—provided by AT&T and built on the 3GPP mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard—delivers the performance that public safety needs and can be an LMR alternative for some ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Though it will be awhile before a national public safety broadband network comes online, law enforcement experts believe police need to start thinking now about how they’ll use the new ...

FirstNet is raising prices by $3, from $45 to $48, starting January 15. Some are finding the increase acceptable, maintaining that it's still fair compared to standard carrier pricing. If you're a ...

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With 1,500 public safety agencies (and rising) adopting FirstNet, it's understandable for there to be questions regarding the relatively new concept. I wrote to AT&T with in hopes they'd help clarify ...