Dispatch/Call-taking

Commentary

Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

A rash of “swatting” incidents occurred across the country in September. Swatting is the practice of falsely reporting an emergency to elicit a law-enforcement response, ideally one involving the SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team. As an example, Cincinnati-area high school was placed on lockdown when a 911 call was made to report an active-shooter […]

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Xcom’s promise to Globalstar: To make ’10 MHz of spectrum look like 50 MHz’

Xcom – a relatively low-profile startup fronted by the son of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs – has mostly been touting its short-range virtual reality technology in recent months. But the company’s CEO, Paul Jacobs, appeared during Globalstar’s recent investor day to make a compelling prediction: “Paul asserts his company can make 10 MHz of spectrum look like […]

News

Newscan: FCC unveils new rules for reporting 911 network outages

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC unveils new rules for reporting 911 network outages Offshore drilling operations vulnerable to cyberattacks, GAO warns Public-safety accounts urge caution on Twitter after changes An inside look at campus safety tech at University of Maryland, Baltimore Ericsson taps industry partners to market private wireless Almost 9 in […]

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California expects 8 PSAPs to make NG911 transition this year, more in 2023

Eight of California’s 450 public-safety answering points (PSAPs) have migrated at least some emergency calls from legacy 911 technology to a next-generation 911 (NG911) platform, and the number of 911 centers making a similar transition should increase in 2023. Paul Troxel, chief of the 911 program-management division for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services […]

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New defense system simultaneously controls air, ground vehicles

Red Cat subsidiary, Teal Drones, has expanded the capabilities of its multi-vehicle platform, with a new partnership that allows Teal to simultaneously control its air and ground-based vehicles. The partnership with Tomahawk Robotics builds on Teal’s existing 4-Ship platform, which allows a user to operate up to four of Teal’s Golden Eagle drones. The latest […]

News

iCERT offers NG911 funding input to Senate

The Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT)—a key association of 911 vendors—expressed support for $15 billion in federal funding of next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments throughout the U.S., as well as borrowing authority to ensure that monies are available quickly. In a letter to Senate leaders dated yesterday, iCERT Executive Director George Kelemen states that […]

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Newscan: Could one hospital’s new EMS app improve response times?

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Could one hospital’s new EMS app improve response times? GAO: Communications breakdowns hurt otherwise positive view of federal ransomware support Ukrainian officials reportedly say there have been ‘catastrophic’ Starlink outages in recent weeks Patient care delayed at large hospital chain after ransomware attack To pay, or not to […]

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Reshaping the threat landscape: Deepfake cyberattacks are here

Malicious campaigns involving the use of deepfake technologies are a lot closer than many might assume. Furthermore, mitigation and detection of them are hard. A new study of the use and abuse of deepfakes by cybercriminals shows that all the needed elements for widespread use of the technology are in place and readily available in […]

News

Stopgap funding bill would grant temporary FCC auction authority, leave NG911 funding in limbo

Stopgap funding legislation that is designed to prevent a federal-government shutdown this weekend includes language extending the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority into December, although the impact on potential funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments remains unclear, according to media reports and Beltway sources. Currently, the FCC’s authority to conduct auctions of radio spectrum—bidding events that have […]

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BT emergency-call handlers set to join strike action in UK

The UK’s Communications Workers Union (CWU) has upped the ante in its pay dispute with BT management. In previous summer strike action over what CWU saw as an inadequate flat-rate pay deal of £1,500 (US$1695) – which, according to the union, was pretty much presented as a fait accompli to its BT frontline worker members back in April with […]

Commentary

Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

Partner content

Xcom’s promise to Globalstar: To make ’10 MHz of spectrum look like 50 MHz’

News

Newscan: FCC unveils new rules for reporting 911 network outages

News

California expects 8 PSAPs to make NG911 transition this year, more in 2023

Partner content

New defense system simultaneously controls air, ground vehicles

News

iCERT offers NG911 funding input to Senate

News

Newscan: Could one hospital’s new EMS app improve response times?

Partner content

Reshaping the threat landscape: Deepfake cyberattacks are here

News

Stopgap funding bill would grant temporary FCC auction authority, leave NG911 funding in limbo

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BT emergency-call handlers set to join strike action in UK

Commentary

Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

Reflections on recent LTE outages

Necessity indeed is the mother of invention

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

Twitter

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