AT&T is making sub-6 GHz 5G network access available to FirstNet customers in 10 more U.S. cites, expanding the use of High-Power User Equipment and touting the ability of the network to be used as a backup connectivity option for public safety answering points (PSAPs).
The 10 cities with expanded sub-6 GHz 5G access for FirstNet users include five in Texas — Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston and San Antonio — as well as Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina, Cleveland, Oh. and Knoxville, Tenn. AT&T said that it has already made its millimeter-wave (branded at 5G+) spectrum available to FirstNet customers in parts of 38 cities and more than 20 venues around the country.
