AT&T announced its financial results for the third-quarter of 2020. Overall, the company reported consolidated revenues of $42.3 billion, compared to $44.6 billion in the year-ago quarter, and cash of from operations of $12.1 billion.

The U.S. Army selected the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to support firefighters, law enforcement and security personnel at 72 Army installations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Assured Wireless Corporation (AWC) announced that its family of high-power user equipment (HPUE) will be available early next year. The company described the products as the first HPUE products available for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).

The FCC has recognized the potential of television broadcasting to evolve and has allowed licensed operators to transition to an all IP-based broadcast technology called Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC 3.0) or NextGen TV. This wireless standard, the result of work that was aligned with Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPPP) and other IP-based communications platforms, is just now being deployed. By the nature of its underlying awareness of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and ability to transport time synchronous data packet payloads, there now exists a new tool that has an ability to impact the world of Position/Navigation/Timing (PNT).

First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) Board Chair Tip Osterthaler named Chief Richard Carrizzo vice chair of the board, effective immediately.

Two former First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) board members encouraged public safety to take a proactive approach to 4.9 GHz to ensure that public safety does not lose the spectrum, during a keynote address as part of the International Wireless Communications Expo’s (IWCE) Virtual Event.

L3Harris Technologies’ XL mobile radios, or in-vehicle routers, are now certified and approved for use on FirstNet and are AT&T certified.

Nokia’s 7705 SAR-Hmc wireless service aggregation router is now certified and approved for use on FirstNet.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) in an appeal over FirstNet’s obligations under the Federal Open Information Act (FOIA).

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) board approved a $213 million budget for fiscal year 2021, with a focus on the organization’s operations and its investment into the FirstNet network.