Push-to-talk (PTT) and, eventually, mission-critical PTT (MCPTT) services are foundational applications that will determine how the NPSBN is adopted and the impact on interoperability. The successful integration of PTT/MCPTT with disparate LMR and LTE networks is the biggest challenge to interoperability.

The parties involved in a privacy lawsuit over the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) have disagreed over a potential filing in the case. In the filing, the federal government argued that while AT&T is offering services under the FirstNet brand, the network is not yet operational, so it is not yet ripe for review.

Sonim Technologies announced two new rugged mobile devices — the XP8 and XP5s — to operate on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) public-safety network. They will be commercially available later this month.

ESChat’s secure push-to-talk (PTT) application achieved the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) highest level of validation, “FirstNet certified.”

The first award recipients of the State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP) 2.0 will receive as much as $43.4 million to help prepare for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) buildout of the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing from AT&T breaks down AT&T’s payments to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) over the first five years of its contract with to build the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).

AT&T announced that the Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ was certified for use on the First responder Network Authority Network (FirstNet) and band 14, making it the first Samsung device with built-in band 14 access. FirstNet subscribers will be able to use the smartphone on the network by the end of March, AT&T said.

In a data-centric world, interoperability takes on a whole new meaning. In public-safety references, it is the ability to share information from any source with any first responder across any network. This is the goal, and while attainable, it will take a lot of work.

With the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) beginning to officially announce its first subscribers, FirstNet officials and public-safety users on that network need to think about the data they are collecting and transmitting and how to store, protect and analyze it.

The plaintiffs in a privacy lawsuit over the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) argued in a new filing that the network is currently running, and network partner AT&T is storing data, requiring a privacy impact assessment (PIA).