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FirstNet subscribers will have access to new secure-messaging and video-streaming functionalities that can be used to support their first-responder missions, according to AT&T, which is building the nationwide public-safety broadband network through a contract with the FirstNet Authority.

In conjunction with the unveiling of a collaboration with Motorola Solutions to develop a second mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) offering, AT&T last week announced the immediate availability of FirstNet Messaging—a secure text-messaging application—and MissionKeeper for Public Safety, which is designed to support near-real-time video streaming, particularly from drones and robots being used by first-responder agencies…