Emergency broadband service expands to New Mexico's Native American tribes

Ten years ago Congress enacted a law creating the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), an independent agency in the federal government that revealed problems with communications systems used by America’s first responders, said Jacque Waring, national tribal government liaison for FirstNet.

“There were advocates from across the federal, state, local and tribal level that petitioned Congress to establish a single nationwide broadband network. That agency was created in 2012 and we began our efforts to establish a public-private partnership to deliver this nationwide network across the country,” she said.

By Mike Smith