A group of officials from governments around the world came together in Boulder, Colorado, USA, this week to discuss issues surrounding public-safety broadband communications.

AT&T is adding a site in Tilghman Island, part of Talbot County, Maryland, as part of its First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network expansion.

The Mutualink Edge IWS app received a FirstNet Listed designation in the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) App Catalog. When first responders on FirstNet using the app need to send and receive incident video and bridge radio communications from their cellular device, they won’t compete with the public for bandwidth.

The city of Columbia, South Carolina, joined the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and is the largest FirstNet deployment in South Carolina.

A Verizon executive said that the lack of data interoperability between carriers is an issue of policy and not technology, and the company is ready to work with its competitors to ensure interoperability happens.

Multiple systems will work together to provide seamless communications from the professionals reporting incidents to those dispatched to respond to the incidents. This network of integrated networks is all IP based, so voice, data and video flows freely from one pipe to another, and capacity and voice follow the optimal path to reach first responders.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board approved an $82 million budget for operations in fiscal year 2020 (FY20), with a focus on supporting public-safety engagement, continued oversight of the deployment of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) and future investments in the network.

Siyata Mobile announced that the AT&T Workforce Manager enterprise application is now available on the Uniden UV350 in-vehicle phablet through AT&T.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) released its road map, first announced earlier this year, detailing future plans for the nationwide public-safety broadband network. The road map will help FirstNet direct future investments and prioritize its programs, activities and network improvements.

L3Harris Technologies launched the Mission Critical Alliance (MCA), a consortium of technology providers driven to advance the capabilities, compatibility and security of mission-critical solutions.