Last year, phone, video and Internet provider, AT&T won the right to offer communications service to first responders with a program called FirstNet.
It seemed like it was touch and go for a bit, but eventually all fifty states, Washinton DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands all signed up for AT&T’s FirstNet first responders network. The states were required to decide if they wanted to be a part of the program by the end of the year or they had to seek another first responder network to work with. All of them chose AT&T. Several US Territories still have to decide.
For their part, AT&T has promised that they will be coughing up more than $40 billion toward the build out of the network. As part of the deal they get a large amount of radio spectrum for use in the first responder program. AT&T will be required to prioritize first responders but the alloted spectrum will also carry consumer mobile traffic.
At over 100 ywears old AT&T has been providing bundle services like AT&T Internet, phone, and U-Verse Video quite a while. Now they are helping first responders communicate in the event of an emergency. AT&T also provides DirecTV and security systems.
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