News and Events

WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today that it received 94 applications requesting nearly $3 billion in federal funding and proposing more than $1.3 billion in private investment to support innovation in wireless equipment.

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Mike Cannon has been named the Executive Director and CEO of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), after most recently serving as the FirstNet Authority Chief Counsel. 

The FirstNet Authority is responsible for the deployment and operation of the FirstNet Network, a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network based on a single, national network architecture.

By Adam Cassady, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information

Public safety telecommunications professionals are a lifeline for their communities. 

Each and every day, they model the best of public service by answering and dispatching our emergency calls, working 12-hour shifts with frequent overtime, managing multiple emergencies at once, and missing holidays and family events while looking out for their “second families”—the police, fire, and EMS officials who depend on them. 

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that up to $450 million in funding will be made available for software-focused Open RAN innovation.

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of eleven public safety, technology, and business leaders to the Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and the selection of a new Board Chair.