AT&T, the contractor for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), deployed a new tower in Colorado. As a result of the state’s agreement with the FirstNet program, there is a commitment to deploy 33 new towers to enhance mobile coverage for first responders, a state broadband newsletter said.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) launched in the three Pacific territories — American Samoa, Guam and the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. FirstNet is adding three on-island portable cell sites, one per territory, to its FirstNet fleet of dedicated deployable network assets to support public-safety agencies in the territories in time for typhoon season.

CTIA officials discussed generally the most recent 9-1-1 Location Technologies Test Bed testing of 9-1-1 vertical (Z-axis) location technologies, Stage Za, in an FCC filing, but the full report is unavailable to the public.

AT&T and Cradlepoint expanded their relationship to make it easier for enterprise and public-safety customers to purchase end-to-end wireless WAN solutions. Under the new agreement, customers can now order Cradlepoint wireless edge solutions and have them fulfilled and billed directly from AT&T.

The world around us — both globally and locally — changed dramatically a few months ago when the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit country after country. Many things have changed, among them numerous cancellations and job losses, but one positive is the continuing innovation in the mission-critical communications industry

Indiana’s Integrated Public Safety Commission (IPSC) has connected its statewide Project 25 (P25) 700/800 MHz network core to AT&T’s Enhanced Push-to-Talk (EPTT) platform using the P25 Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI), in the first such implementation in the nation. The EPTT platform is used by Indiana’s First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) users.

AT&T responded to questions about its comments filed in response to the FCC’s fifth notice of proposed rulemaking in the wireless location accuracy proceeding and its plans to implement technologies to meet the Z-axis benchmarks during an April 20 meeting with FCC officials.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) released its annual report to Congress. The report discusses the nationwide public-safety broadband network’s buildout, the FirstNet road map, investment strategy and public-safety user examples.

After serving 13 years as AT&T’s Chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson announced he will retire as CEO but will serve as executive chairman of the board of directors until January 2021 to ensure a smooth leadership transition.

AT&T announced the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network is supporting more than 1.3 million FirstNet connections across more than 12,000 agencies in service. Those numbers are up since February, when AT&T said it had more than 11,000 public-safety agencies and organizations subscribing to FirstNet, accounting for more than 1.2 million connections nationwide.