Agnew Replacing Bugel at AT&T as President-FirstNet
AT&T said Monday Scott Agnew will replace the retiring Jim Bugel as president-FirstNet. Bugel retires Sept. 1. Agnew “will lead all areas of the FirstNet program, bringing with him over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry,” the carrier…
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said. Agnew has been a longtime member of the FirstNet team, AT&T said, responsible for the integration of mission-critical push-to-talk with land mobile radio systems and leading efforts on coverage expansion solutions. Bugel “truly understood the importance of communications with public safety and helped to ensure that all first responders -- including telecommunicators -- were mission ready,” APCO CEO Mel Maier wrote in an email. More than 28,500 public safety agencies and organizations nationwide now use FirstNet, AT&T noted.