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The ongoing pandemic, natural disasters, and social unrest have added to stressors first responders already face on the job.

/PRNewswire/ -- The Quell Foundation proudly announces the 6th Annual Masquerade Ball, presented by FirstNet, Built with AT&T, and U.S. Bank raises over one...

Guard911®, SchoolGuard®, CampusGuard911™, and Hero911® Earn FirstNet Verified Designation Share Article First Responders on FirstNet Can Now Access Guard911®, SchoolGuard®, CampusGuard911™, and Hero911® via the FirstNet App Catalog Guard911 apps significantly reduce law enforcement notification time, which reduces subsequent response time. “Our apps are the only emergency alert apps in the country backed by the federally approved Hero911® Network of more than 60,000 federal, state,...

Kyocera Delivers FirstNet Ready Rugged Flip Phone for Public Safety Share Article Kyocera Launches FirstNet Ready DuraXE Epic, ideal for first responders. FirstNet devices and modules go through extensive review, so first responders can be confident that Kyocera’s DuraXE Epic meets our highest standards for reliability, security and performance. SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) April 16, 2021 Kyocera International Inc., the North American leade...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Apr 15, 2021 The FirstNet wireless broadband network for public safety is getting two new capabilities: 5G connectivity and tower-to-core encryption. The biggest difference FirstNet users will notice with 5G is speed, said Scott Agnew, assistant vice president of product marketing for the FirstNet Program at AT&T, which is building the public safety network. Currently, every packet on the nationwide 4G LTE network is prioritized and has preemption, and those capabilities r...

Baltimore Police Department, Largest Public Safety Agency in Maryland Using FirstNet®, Transforms Public Safety Communications Baltimore PD Along with 15,000 Other Public Safety Agencies Across the U.S. on FirstNet, Uses New Technologies to Expand Their Capabilities to Better Serve, Protect and Defend Baltimore Residents News provided by Share this article Share this article BALTIMORE, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Baltimore Police Department has connected more than 3,000 officers, first re...

beamFirst Earns FirstNet Verified™ Designation Share Article First Responders Can Now Access beamFirst via the FirstNet App Catalog “We only add applications to the FirstNet App Catalog that are highly secure, high quality, and relevant to public safety. And we’re pleased that beamFirst is now Verified and available to FirstNet subscribers,” said Scott Agnew, assistant vice president, product marketing, FirstNet Program at AT&T WOODSIDE, Calif. (PRWEB) ...

Lighthouse Health & Wellness Earns FirstNet Verified™ Designation PRWeb FacebookTwitterEmail FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. (PRWEB) February 24, 2021 Following a rigorous review process, Lighthouse Health and Wellness is now FirstNet® Verified™ and accessible via the FirstNet App Catalog. Lighthouse Health & Wellness (H&W) is an in-hand, on-demand, 100 percent confidential health and wellness platform available at no cost to our nation’s public safety agencies. Lighthouse H&W was built to provid...

Added Nearly 100,000 Square Miles in 2020, Helps Narrow Rural Digital Divide; Los Angeles Police Department and Cambridge Public Safety Agencies Sign Up for America’s Public Safety Network What’s the news? FirstNet®, America’s public safety network, now covers more than 2.71 million square miles. As public safety’s network partner, AT&T* has moved quickly to bring more coverage, boost capacity and drive new capabilities for first responders and the communities they serve – rural, ur...

New services expand coverage in rural areas, give first responders vertical-axis location data and provide interoperability between land mobile radios and push-to-talk devices.