Having completed the initial deployment of the FirstNet network for first responders, AT&T and the First Responders Network Authority today announced that they expect to invest $8 billion in to the network over the next 10 years.
That investment will focus on “evolving and expanding” the FirstNet network, including providing priority and preemption services to FirstNet customers across all of AT&T’s 5G commercial spectrum bands, starting next month; creating a Standalone 5G core with specific public safety features that will “support the transition of public safety’s Band 14 spectrum from LTE to 5G”; expanding mission-critical services; and upgrading FirstNet’s fleet of deployables to support 5G.
