FirstNet to unveil new Boulder testing lab for nationwide first-responders network

BOULDER – FirstNet, the federal organization tasked with creating a nationwide broadband network for police and firefighters, today will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new Innovation and Testing Lab in Boulder.

The lab has been some two-and-a-half years in the making in Boulder since FirstNet, formally the First Responders Network Authority, established its technical headquarters in a 28,000-square-foot space at 3122 Sterling Circle.

The ribbon-cutting will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Sterling Circle site, where the lab will occupy roughly 6,000 square feet.

In essence, the new $1.5 million lab will be used for testing equipment…