The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) received an unmodified audit opinion on its financial statements for fiscal year 2017, said FirstNet Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Kim Farington.

Public Safety Network announced its formation as a consulting company focused on bringing technology solutions to meet the mission-critical needs of the global public-safety community.

HAAS Alert, a Chicago-based startup formed to make roadways safer, announced it is one of the first applications approved for use on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). HAAS Alert's responder-to-vehicle (R2V) service protects first responders and motorists by delivering real-time alerts to drivers and connected cars via smartphone apps and in-vehicle systems when emergency vehicles are nearby and on scene.

A U.S. district judge denied a request for interlocutory appeal filed by two Vermont men in their lawsuit against the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).

Motorola Solutions reported first quarter financial results with sales of $1.5 billion, up 15 percent from a year ago, with growth in all geographic regions. Executives also offered updates on public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) contracts including the U.K. Emergency Services Network (ESN) and the U.S. First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).

During the 2018 Boston Marathon, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) team and AT&T distributed 80 FirstNet devices to fire, police and incident response teams from the cities of Boston and Brookline. Thirty of these phones were outfitted with subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and connected to the dedicated FirstNet Core.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) completed 46 grant awards under the State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP) 2.0, which will help states and territories prepare for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) nationwide public-safety broadband network buildout.

CAD provider RapidDeploy installed its cloud-based CAD platform in the testing laboratory at the Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC) at Texas A&M University.

AT&T reported wireless and international results in the first quarter. The wireless carrier said capital expenditures were $6.1 billion. Capital expenditures included about $140 million in First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) capital costs and no FirstNet reimbursements.

The architecture for interworking between mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) and legacy LMR systems was completed and approved at the latest Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings 19 – 23 March in Chennai, India.