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FirstNet Town Hall
August 16, 2016During the FirstNet Town Hall, CEO Michael Poth, President TJ Kennedy, and Consultation Director Dave Buchanan shared an update on…
Read full articleAPCO Says What Many in Public Safety Believe, Calling Story About FirstNet ‘Inaccurate’ and ‘Inflammatory’
August 12, 2016Is FirstNet obsolete before being built? APCO certainly doesn’t think so.
Read full articleAPCO Rebukes Subversive Article About FirstNet
August 11, 2016The September 2016 issue of The Atlantic contains an article by Steven Brill entitled “The $47 Billion Network That’s Already…
Read full articleFirstNet on Developing Apps for Public Safety
June 1, 2016How much—and how quickly—public safety is transformed largely depends on the development and adoption rate of value-added public-safety-grade apps. FirstNet’s primary goal in this regard is to empower developers eager to embrace the public safety mission, resulting in the development of state-of-the-art apps for public safety users.
Read full articleNational 911 Program Presents Free “State of 911” Webinar Event June 21
May 26, 2016State and local 9-1-1 professionals, federal agency representatives and other 9-1-1 stakeholders will participate in a “State of 911” Webinar, followed by a question and answer session, presented by the National 911 Program, Tuesday, June 21 from 12-1 p.m. Eastern Time.
Read full articleOhio Uses FirstNet Video Game to Showcase Public Safety LTE Potential
May 20, 2016RCR Wireless News Ohio’s FirstNet program has developed a first-person video game to showcase the potential of the First Responders…
Read full articleFirstNet Making Substantial Progress on NPSBN
March 16, 2016FirstNet Board Member Kevin McGinnis provided an update of progress toward implementing the nationwide public safety broadband.
Read full articleAPCO Launches Project 43 to Tackle Broadband Implications for the PSAP
February 10, 2016Today, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced the establishment of the next in a series of projects aimed at solving the unique problems encountered by public safety communications professionals. Project 43, Broadband Implications for the PSAP, will help telecommunicators, public safety answering points (PSAPs), 9-1-1 authorities, emergency operations centers, and others in the public safety community to embrace existing and prepare for evolving broadband communications technologies that will impact PSAP operations and support emergency responders.
Read full articleAPCO Welcomes Publication of FirstNet’s RFP
January 13, 2016Today, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) released its much-anticipated Request for Proposals (RFP) for the nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN).
Read full articleAPCO Congratulates FirstNet on Approving Release of Its RFP
December 9, 2015The Board of Directors for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) voted to approve the release of a request for proposals (RFP) for the construction, maintenance, and improvement of the nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN).
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