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On-demand coverage: Bringing FirstNet coverage beyond fixed cell sites

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FirstNet provides an array of on-demand coverage options to go where the mission goes. The fleet of FirstNet deployables includes trucks and drones that provide mobile satellite coverage available at no cost to subscribers. Additionally, FirstNet supports customer-owned-and-managed assets, including Compact Rapid Deployables (CRDs) and miniCRDs, which agencies can deploy on their own. FirstNet had also advanced technologies to boost coverage indoors or at the edges of the network’s coverage area

See how deployables brought FirstNet coverage to firefighters battling a wildfire of historic size in Colorado. 

A FirstNet Compact Rapid Deployable set up in a field to provide coverage