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Avaya announces availability of MLTS location capabilities through integration with RapidSOS, 911 Secure

Emergency calls from multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) can include better location and situational-awareness information, thanks to integration work between Avaya, RapidSOS and 911 Secure that is now commercially available to enterprises—and is available for use by other 911 vendors, if they want. Avaya recently announced the commercial availability of the location enhancement, which leverages Avaya’s […]

Backhaul problems, disjointed recovery efforts key causes of ‘unacceptable’ extended wireless outages after Hurricane Michael, FCC report says

Many wireless customers in the Florida Panhandle ‘unnecessarily’ lacked communications for days in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael last fall, because some carriers lacked resilient backhaul and failed to coordinate restoration efforts with utilities, clean-up crews and other carriers, according to an FCC report released yesterday. “Three key factors—insufficiently resilient backhaul connectivity, inadequate reciprocal roaming […]

Almost-final LMR licensing numbers show 2018 gains for enterprises, an all-time low for public safety

Overall LMR licensing activity increased slightly in 2018, with a gain in business-industrial licensing activity offsetting the second consecutive record-low year of public-safety licensing to narrowly exceed overall 2017 numbers. Despite this, the overall 2018 LMR licensing figures are the second-lowest mark this century. According to the FCC’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) database, the FCC […]

IWCE: Ken Rehbehn outlines highlights of Mission Critical Technologies (MCT) zone

  Ken Rehbehn of CritComm Insights talks about the Mission Critical Technologies (MCT) zone, where vendors with emerging-technology solutions will showcase their offerings on March 6-7. In addition, the MCT area will feature a Rehbehn-directed content program that will include  presentations about topics such as drones, smart cities, private LTE, digital-evidence management, artificial intelligence and […]

Polaris Wireless: Scot Gordon talks about 3D location tech for 911 callers, first responders

  Scot Gordon, director of advanced technology for Polaris Wireless, outlines technological progress toward delivering vertical location—known as Z-axis information, even indoors—for cellular callers dialing 911 by using hybrid data from multiple sources, including Wi-Fi systems and barometric-pressure sensors on smart devices. Such technology also could be used to help track the location of firefighters […]
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