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.

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.

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.

Ten news media companies announced a partnernership with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to test newsgathering with drones.

Discovery Networks is home to some of the most widely distributed cable channels in the world.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will head to the White House on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Verizon has plans to build its own core public safety communications network similar to the FirstNet network being managed by AT&T.