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  • Jun. 18, 2013
    Commentary

    911 telecommunicators are ‘ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances’

    Activity in the 911 center depicted in the movie "The Call"--starring Halle Berry--are reasonably accurate, according to officials from the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). Those who see the movie learn that communications in a public-safety answering point (PSAP) is critical and that the time of telecommunicators should not be wasted....More
  • May 15, 2013
    Article
    Urgent Communications

    Leveraging high-accuracy location technology after a disaster 1

    Knowing where key assets are -- citizens, first-responder personnel and resources -- can be crucial to recovery efforts....More
  • Apr. 23, 2013
    Article
    Urgent Communications

    Verizon: More than half of data breaches are from hackers

    Verizon today issued its 2013 data-breach report, which is based on the analysis of 47,000 reported security incidents and 621 confirmed data breaches suffered last year. The report indicates that hackers are responsible for more than half of all data breaches....More
  • Mar. 28, 2013
    Article
    Urgent Communications

    Application leverages social media to solve crime

    Connected to the Case is a website designed to connect ordinary citizens to unsolved criminal cases via social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter....More
  • Mar. 26, 2013
    Article
    Urgent Communications

    ConnectedHealth tablet, app improve patient outcomes

    Singapore-based ConnectedHealth has developed a tablet device and application — dubbed Nursing Manager — that lets providers harvest data generated by patient devices, such as glucose monitors, blood-pressure monitors and weight scales....More
  • Mar. 19, 2013
    video
    Urgent Communications

    M2M expected to account for 50 billion devices by 2020

    Cisco's Barry Einsig explains the massive impact that machine-to-machine (M2M) communications are projected to have on the wireless industry during the next several years at IWCE 2013....More
  • Mar. 14, 2013
    Commentary

    Speaker: Firefighter radios are good, but not yet good enough 1

    Without question, firefighter communications have come a long way. But it's not enough, according to Bruce Varner, retired chief of the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Fire Department and the chairman of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) electronic safety equipment committee....More
  • Mar. 13, 2013
    video
    Urgent Communications

    TRX, Motorola Solutions deliver firefighter location technology 1

    Motorola Solutions' Marcela Tellez and TRX Systems' Carol Politi talk about the firefighter location system demonstrated in the Motorola booth at IWCE 2013....More
  • Mar. 12, 2013
    News
    Urgent Communications

    Briefs: Anritsu enhances test device

    Also, David Clark to introduce new wireless headset for use in hazardous environments; Alcatel-Lucent to reveal enhancements to IP/ MPLS mobile backhaul solution....More
  • Screenshot of Locality's Network Performance Maps
    Jan. 24, 2013
    News
    Urgent Communications

    NetMotion adds Android support to Locality solution 2

    Platform gives enterprises visbility into the coverage and reliability of the commercial wireless networks that they rely on....More
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911 telecommunicators are ‘ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances’
by Glenn Bischoff
Posted 14 hours ago
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