Public safety agencies subscribed to FirstNet have access to a dedicated fleet of rapid-deployment mobile equipment before, during and after any atmospheric event. #NewsismyBusiness
Puerto Rico and USVI first responders have reliable, mobile broadband communications with FirstNet, the nation’s public safety broadband network. #NewsismyBusiness
The guide was developed by experts in FirstNet solutions and emergency management operations. #NewsismyBusiness
As the 2021 hurricane season comes to an end, the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Services (PRITS) and the Public Safety Department met with representatives of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to evaluate the state of Puerto Rico’s emergency communications infrastructure and establish short and long-term work plans. The Telecommunications Bureau (NET), as well […]
Alexandra Fernández-Navarro, current commissioner of the Puerto Rico Public Service Regulatory Board, has been named by the US Secretary of Commerce to serve on the Board of the First Responder Network Authority. The FirstNet Authority has 12 non-permanent members selected by the Department of Commerce and three permanent seats occupied by the US Attorney General, the […]
AT&T announced it will provide three months of free wireless service for frontline nurses and physicians nationwide on the FirstNet network – built with AT&T in a public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority. The announcement was made during the third episode of John Krasinski’s digital show “Some Good News,” in which AT&T, to help nurses and physicians […]
A conundrum is a mystery, a puzzle, an enigma. And in Puerto Rico many go unresolved for months, years and even decades. A big mystery looming in the horizon on the already debt-ridden government of Puerto Rico is the fate of the FirstNet broadband network, with its corresponding implications to the sustainability of our public […]
Wireless carrier AT&T has invested more than $275 million in our Puerto Rico wireless and wired networks during 2015-2017, in preparation to roll out next-generation 5G services after the devastation left by last year’s hurricanes.
More than a third of the United States has moved to modernize communications for the fire, police, emergency medical services (EMS) and other public safety personnel who protect and serve their communities, by opting-in to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet.)
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Thursday signed an agreement to include Puerto Rico in the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to create a wireless broadband network on the island exclusively for emergency services.
The U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday became the first U.S. territory to “opt-in” to the FirstNet network, following Gov. Kenneth Mapp’s decision to accept the FirstNet and AT&T plan to deliver a wireless broadband network to the territory’s public safety community, helping first responders save lives and protect communities, the carrier announced.
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