FirstNet to Offer Emergency Drop Kits Creating a ‘Connected Bubble’ to First Responders

Route Fifty: AT&T’s FirstNet team plans to meet with emergency operations officials in every state to customize a new program announced Monday to equip first responders with deployable network assets, including portable kits providing constant communications within a 300-foot radius.

The First Responder Network Authority selected the telecom giant to deploy and operate the first high-speed nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety, dubbed FirstNet, in March 2017.

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