Verizon Talks Up Private Core as AT&T Launches FirstNet [telecom]

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By Dan Jones

If you thought AT&T had the 4G public safety network market all wrapped up with FirstNet, well, think again!

As AT&T Inc. launched the FirstNet network Tuesday, which all 50 states in the US have signed up for, Verizon Communications Inc. rolled out the private core network for emergency workers it first promised last year.