Intrado: Steve Lowe discusses strategies to ensure that next-gen data does not overwhelm 911 telecommunicators
Steve Lowe, senior vice president for Intrado, talks about some of the strategies the company is pursuing to help simplify next-gen 911 interfaces for telecommunicators, many of which have expressed concern that they could be overwhelmed by multimedia information in the next-gen environment.
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Iridium takes a standards-based swing at D2D
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Australian government taps postal vans to track remote network coverage
The Australian government has tapped the nation’s postal vehicle fleet to audit mobile network coverage across the country’s remote interior. Postal vans will carry network measurement devices to track coverage across 180,000 km of regional and rural roads, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has announced. A pilot phase is now underway, with the main audit to start later this […]
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Modernizing municipal IT infrastructure: A vital defense against cyber threats
This summer, Flint, Mich., became the latest in a growing list of U.S. municipalities to fall victim to a ransomware attack. This incident, which took city services offline for weeks, is a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities many local governments face in an increasingly hostile cyber landscape. The attack on Flint underscores the urgent need […]
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AT&T's networking chief, Chris Sambar, to leave company
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