WASHINGTON—New Jersey is the latest state to officially sign on to the AT&T FirstNet plan for first responder interoperable communications network. New Jersey brings the total up to six states that will participate in the network that is funded by FCC spectrum auction proceeds.
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Virginia is first in line to sign on to the national framework for the FirstNet interoperable emergency communications network.
Alabama is the latest state to sign up for the emergency broadband network FirstNet from AT&T, bringing more than half the states under the network.
Verizon has plans to build its own core public safety communications network similar to the FirstNet network being managed by AT&T.
Minimum opening bid for each of the channels is $200,000.
FirstNet is officially a nation-wide service, as all 50 states, two U.S. territories and Washington D.C. joined the public safety wireless broadband network before the window closed on Dec. 28.
AT&T has signed on the dotted line for the multi-billion-dollar, 25-year contract to build and maintain FirstNet, the interoperable first responder public safety network.
The National Association of Broadcasters announced that its technology division, NAB Labs, has entered into a corporate partnership with 1776, a Washington, D.C.-based startup hub providing resources and networking connections for startups within regulated industries.
The company now offers its FiOS service to 250,000 households in eight New Jersey counties.