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FirstNet Moving 'Full Speed Ahead,' CEO Says

FirstNet is now in “deployment mode” after years of consulting, planning and design, CEO Mike Poth said in a Tuesday blog post welcoming the start of 2018. All 50 states, two U.S territories and Washington, D.C., opted in (see 1712290021)…

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and the network can now “move full speed ahead,” Poth wrote. FirstNet is “the first and only network offering priority and preemption, giving first responders their own ‘fast lane’ connection,” he said. Widespread participation “accelerates the vision, deployment, and availability of FirstNet from coast to coast,” he said. “Nationwide participation supports the more efficient and coordinated expansion of the network -- including the buildout of Band 14 spectrum -- across the country.”