Airgain recently announced that the company’s AirgainConnect AC-HPUE antenna-modem has earned FirstNet Ready status and is being used by FirstNet contractor AT&T during field trials of high-power user equipment (HPUE) in preparation for the launch of HPUE service slated for early next year.
With modems and antenna-modems from Assured Wireless Corporation and Airgain, FirstNet MegaRange can be used either standalone to directly connect with devices like laptops, tablets, and hotspots, or in connection with mobile and fixed modems and routers from Digi, Sierra Wireless, and Cradlepoint.
What’s the news? FirstNet, Built with AT&T* – America’s public safety network – is driving innovation in lifesaving, public safety technology. Now, first responders have access to 4 new mission-driven solutions exclusively available to all FirstNet subscribers: FirstNet® MegaRange™…
MegaRange currently is available only to FirstNet users that use the Assured Wireless AW12 HPUE modem or the AirgainConnect AC-HPUE antenna-modem that integrates the Assured Wireless chip into an efficient antenna form factor. But other equipment providers could leverage MegaRange in the future, Agnew said.
Today, two companies are shipping MegaRange™ products that have been fully approved by FirstNet (Built with AT&T). The first is Assured Wireless, which has been developing its high-power products for the past four or five years. The second is Airgain with its AirgainConnect vehicular antenna solution. The AirgainConnect system builds on an Assured Wireless Module that is built directly into the antenna.
GetWireless, LLC, a value-added distributor of the Airgain family of products, today announced the stock and availability of the newest product, AirgainConnect AC-HPUE, built for FirstNet® MegaRange™, which is now available for sale and deployment to public safety agencies and organizations on FirstNet, Built with AT&T – America’s public safety network.
Airgain offers a broad an expanding portfolio of Automotive, Fleet, Public Safety, and M2M antennas. Their high-performance, low-profile antennas are designed for many wireless standards and frequencies, including LTE, and 5G cellular MIMO, WiFi 6, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and GPS/GNSS.
For many years, the public-safety community struggled with the many land mobile radio systems being spread out over various portions of the radio spectrum, which resulted in the inability for neighboring agencies to communicate directly with each other when needed.
Airgain, a leading provider of advanced connectivity solutions and technologies used to enable high-performance wireless networking across a broad range of devices and markets, including consumer, enterprise, and automotive, announced it was chosen by one of the world’s leading enterprise networking equipment manufacturers as its connectivity provider for its first 5G enterprise network platform.
As I was writing some comments on social media the other day I had to go back and look at the legislation that brought us FirstNet and the requirement that FirstNet be built using commercial standards. That entire section was very purposeful at the time and today it has worked out to the benefit of public safety.
