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AT&T : FirstNet Fleet Expands to Aid Public Safety Emergency Response
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FirstNet Fleet of Dedicated Deployable Network Assets Expands to Aid Public Safety s Emergency Response
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By GCN Staff
Feb 24, 2021
FirstNet added nearly 100,000 square miles of coverage in 2020, bringing the nationwide wireless broadband public-safety network’s communications capabilities to a total of 15,000 subscribing agencies and organizations via 1.9 million LTE connections across more than 2.71 million square miles.
The network, which AT&T started to build out in 2017, is ahead of schedule deploying Band 14 coverage, company officials said in a statement. The company also plans to install Band 14 capabilities on new and existing AT&T cell sites, to reach several hundred thousand additional square miles. Over 1,000 new purpose-built sites are also part of the initial FirstNet expansion to connect rural, remote and tribal areas.
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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, urban and tribal. In 2020, we added nearly 100,000 square miles to the FirstNet coverage footprint (that’s like covering the entire state of Oregon).
Today, more than 15,000 agencies and organizations – accounting for more than