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APCO Comments: 9-1-1 Applications for Smart Phones

Lauren Larson — Wed, 12 May 2021 00:12:07 +0000

APCO comments in response to the FCC’s Public Notice seeking comment on issues related to smartphone applications for 9-1-1.

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Ex Parte: APCO, CTIA & NENA Discuss 911 Apps & Supplemental Data Solutions

Lauren Larson — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

FirstNet Works to Foster Innovation in Public Safety Apps

jeff — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:19:44 +0000

By Jeff Posner, FirstNet Senior Applications Architect If you know FirstNet, then you know we are focused on putting broadband technology into the hands of public safety personnel nationwide. What you may not know is that FirstNet also is leading the way on a host of public safety-focused technologies, not the least of which is in […]

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Partnering to Improve Public Safety Apps

jeff — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:58:38 +0000

This is a companion post to the AT&T Developer Program blog. Mark Reddish, Senior Counsel and Manager of Government Relations For most people, a dead battery on our smartphone or slow download is just an inconvenience. But imagine the impact of a dead battery to public safety professionals or the citizens they’re trying to serve […]

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Equipping Volunteer Responders with Broadband Technologies

jeff — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:31:33 +0000

This blog is a repost from FirstNet’s website. By Vicki Lee, FirstNet Association Manager FirstNet has been charged by Congress to build, operate, and maintain the first high-speed, nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety. Knowing those that we serve at FirstNet is all too important. Throughout FirstNet’s consultations with the states and territories, […]

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Mutual Aid: App Developers and Public Safety Experts Collaborating

jeff — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 20:16:26 +0000

By Mark Reddish It’s no surprise that public safety apps are better when developed with input from public safety experts. What’s surprising, or at least exciting, is that professionals from two different worlds can work so well together when they’re practically speaking different languages. Great things happen when developers and public safety professionals collaborate and […]

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Rapid Response: Building public safety apps in 24 hours

jeff — Mon, 19 May 2014 21:12:27 +0000

By Mark Reddish If you’d seen the empty case of Red Bull, you’d believe me when I say that writing code can be extreme. On May 2-3, I experienced my first app hackathon, an event that was hosted by AT&T and held at 1776 in Washington, D.C. The 24 hour-long competition drew over one hundred […]

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Innovative Ideas from the Boston Emerging Technology Forum

jeff — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:46:16 +0000

By Mark Reddish On December 3-4, APCO held an Emerging Technology Forum (ETF) in Boston, MA. We were honored to have several officials join us, including FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, FirstNet Board Member Kevin McGinnis, and representatives from Boston police, fire, and EMS. And, it being an APCO event, the audience was full of public safety professionals. […]

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Data Jamming for Public Safety

jeff — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:24:07 +0000

Dateline October 2013 Public safety is clearly immersed in a new era of communications technology. FirstNet continues to make progress, including the related planning efforts at the state and local levels. The APCO 2013 exhibit floor featured more broadband and advanced communications tools, gear (some wearable), networks, and devices than ever before. At APCO 2013 […]

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APCO enters into a Memorandum of Understanding with FirstNet Regarding Mobile Apps

Lauren Larson — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000