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State Attorneys General, Voice Service Firms Sign Anti-Robocall Agreement
A group of state attorneys general and voice service providers have agreed to implement principles aimed at preventing robocalls or illegal calls associated with telemarketing and consumer fraud.
FirstNet Outlines Ongoing Public Safety Mission Support, Five-Year Roadmap; Stacy Schwartz Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 22, 2019 — The team behind FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network developed by a partnership between AT&T (NYSE: T) and the First Responder Network Authority, has revealed the network supported 175 missions so far this year as it outlines a roadmap for expansion over the next five years, GovCon Wire reported Monday.
AT&T Helps Kansas Adopt RapidDeploy-Made Dispatch System; Stacy Schwartz Quoted
AT&T and the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council have partnered to implement a cloud-based situational awareness tool that includes RapidDeploy’s dispatch system.
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AT&T, Commnet Wireless Sign $167.5M Network Construction Outsourcing Deal
Commnet Wireless, a subsidiary of ATN International, has received a potential 25-year, $167.5M contract to provide network construction and maintenance services to support AT&T’s southwestern U.S. mobile services, Light Reading reported Thursday.
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DOJ Awards $984M Contract to AT&T to Improve Tech Modernization; Stacy Schwartz Quoted
AT&T announced on Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has selected the company to help improve its mission performance with modernized technology through a potential 15-year, $984 million task order through the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) technology procurement program.Â
AT&T to Complete 70% of FirstNet Service by 2019
AT&T expects to reach 70 percent of the development of a U.S. wireless public safety network service, GCN reported Friday.
AT&T’s Robert Patterson: FirstNet Could Transform Public Safety, Law Enforcement Comms
Robert Patterson, senior executive director of global law enforcement at AT&T's public sector solutions business, has said the FirstNet communications service could be a "game changer" for the way public safety personnel conduct rescue and recovery missions. He wrote in a GCN guest piece published Tuesday the nationwide broadband network offers push-to-talk features that allow agencies to collaborate to help enforce the law and address public safety concerns.