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.

The Michigan Public Safety Communication System (MPSCS) connected its Astro 25 with the Indiana Integrated Public-Safety Commission’s (IPSC) statewide Astro 25 network, allowing interoperable LMR-to-LMR, LMR-to-LTE and LTE-to-LTE communications.

A group of public-safety professionals including two former First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board members has asked the FCC to give the 4.9 GHz spectrum band to FirstNet.

The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the adoption rate of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), FirstNet Board Chair Ed Horowitz during a fireside chat as part of the Public Safety Communications Research’s (PSCR) Virtual Conference July 29.

The Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) Authority was formed in 2009 to cooperatively establish a countywide, interoperable public-safety communications network. The early efforts of LA-RICS were focused on the creation of a Project 25 (P25) LMR system.