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3GPP shifts focus toward 6G while continuing work on 5G-advanced

In March 2025, the FirstNet Authority participated in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 6G workshop, followed by the quarterly 3GPP plenary meetings. The workshop and meetings focused on progressing features important to public safety. The FirstNet Authority continued to represent public safety interests.
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New Hampshire Public Safety Agencies Make the Case for Improved Broadband

The FirstNet Authority holds coverage enhancement workshops across the country for public safety agencies to identify potential areas for network coverage. New Hampshire became the first state to host a coverage enhancement workshop and identified areas in the state that need coverage improvements.
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FirstNet gives EMS best-in-class communications for worst-case scenarios

EMS personnel must be able to rely on their communications — especially during worst-case scenarios. Assistant Chief Troy Harmison of Bondurant Emergency Services in Iowa shared how a communications failure at a critical moment changed how his agency managed communications.
Race cars driving on the Iowa Speedway’s seven lane, oval racetrack in Newton, Iowa with thousands of spectators sitting in the surrounding stadium.

Off to the races: FirstNet keeps Iowa responders in the fast lane

When the fiber connection for public safety cameras failed during a major race weekend in Newton, Iowa, Jasper County emergency management turned to FirstNet. Broadband brought critical situational awareness back to responders, ensuring they could keep fans safe.
A sky backdrop overlaid with connected lines and images depicting FirstNet deployable assets, including a flying Cell on Wheels, a FirstNet device cache, a compact rapid deployable hitched to an SUV, mini-compact rapid deployables, Satellite Cells on Light Trucks, a Cell on Wheels, a compact rapid deployable in a wooded area, a compact rapid deployable in Times Square, and a compact rapid deployable on an amphibious vehicle traveling across water.

FirstNet deployables provide on-demand coverage for public safety

Since the earliest days of FirstNet, first responders have emphasized the need for temporary coverage solutions that are readily available and can support planned and unplanned incidents. The FirstNet Authority created the deployable program to bring these solutions to public safety. FirstNet deployable assets provide first responders with portable coverage solutions designed to restore and enhance communication capabilities where they are needed.