Newscan: NENA, hotel industry push for direct-dial 911 capability

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  Brian Rosen, co-chair of the NENA i3 Architecture Group, provides a status update for Version 3 of the NENA i3 standard for next-generation 911 (NG911), which is entering its second public review and comment phase and could be finalized as early as March 2021. Version 3 of i3 includes several notable additions, including new […]

RapidDeploy and AT&T announced an expansion of their relationship, allowing AT&T to offer 911 centers access to RapidDeploy RadiusPlus Mapping and Eclipse Analytics solutions, as well as continuing to a similar arrangement for RapidDeploy’s Nimbus cloud-aided dispatch platform, according to officials for the companies. RapidDeploy CEO and co-founder Steve Raucher said the 2018 CAD partnership […]

James Taiclet is a former US Air Force pilot who served a tour of duty in the Gulf War under the callsign “Cheetah23.” After that, he bounced across a few positions at Honeywell Aerospace Services and Pratt & Whitney before landing at cell tower giant American Tower, where he became CEO in 2003. During his […]