AT&T/FirstNet Seeing Strong Demand for Deployables in Calif.
AT&T and FirstNet “have been on the ground since day 1” of the California wildfires to support first responders, “bringing reliable connectivity to the area,” said Scott Agnew, president-FirstNet Program at AT&T, in a blog this week. “Dozens of agencies…
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are working together, from local departments and federal teams to international first responders providing mutual aid,” Agnew said. So far, public safety agencies have made more than 20 requests for emergency support, “and the FirstNet Response Operations Group has deployable cell sites on the ground, such as Satellite Cell on Light Trucks, dedicated solely for first responder communications,” he said. “The team has also tapped into deployable assets from the AT&T fleet, such as AT&T Super Cell on Wheels, which provide 10x the capacity of a normal antenna. These assets are supporting public safety’s beachfront incident command posts.”