AT&T, FirstNet Prep State Plans for National Public Safety Broadband Network

An investment affiliate of private equity firm J.F. Lehman and Co. has closed its acquisition of Cypress, California-based Mission Microwave Technologies for an undisclosed sum to support the latter’s product development efforts and growth initiatives in government and commercial markets. Established in 2014, Mission provides solid-state power amplifiers and block upconverters for the satellite communications

The First Responder Network Authority and AT&T (NYSE: T) have unveiled a 10-year, $8 billion initiative to further develop and expand FirstNet, the country’s public safety broadband network. The FirstNet Authority intends to make an investment of $6.3 billion through its contract with AT&T with plans to invest $2 billion more to support coverage improvements,

Nokia has entered into an agreement to manufacture fiber-optic broadband electronics at Sanmina Corp.‘s facility in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, to support the federal government’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program. The partnership will make Nokia the first telecommunications company to produce fiber-optic products for high-speed Internet networks on U.S. soil, the company said