Zetron upgrades Max Dispatch interface

The pandemic has detrimentally impacted cities and counties in a lot of different ways, including an increase in emergency response time in some cities—a symptom of challenges like congested streets and staffing shortages. In New Orleans, for example, a report from AH Datalytics commissioned by the New Orleans City Council found it takes an average of 2½ […]

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House members this week overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill calling for $10 billion to fund the transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology and the extension of the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration. After debating H.R. 7624—the “Spectrum Innovation Act”—on Tuesday afternoon, the House postponed its vote on […]

U.S. House members yesterday expressed support for legislation that would provide as much as $10 billion in federal funding to pay for a transition to IP-based next-generation 911 technology—as well as extend the FCC’s authority to conduct spectrum auctions—but postponed a vote on the bill. Approved unanimously by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce […]