Opposition to Maine PSAP consolidation plan grows 29th October 2010 Community and public-safety officials around the state have voiced overwhelming opposition to a plan to consolidate the number of 911 calls centers from 26 to 17.
Florida county makes transition to NG 911 21st October 2010 The IP-based system will allow Charlotte County’s PSAP to receive high-bandwidth files — such as building floor plans, digital photos and video — that are sent to them from wireless 911 callers.
Chicago’s 911 call center ‘bootstrapped’ Motorola contract 19th October 2010 Chicago’s Office of the Inspector General concluded that officials at the city’s 911 center falsified paperwork to justify giving a $23 million digital-radio contract to a preselected firm, nearby Schaumburg-based Motorola.
4G America’s white paper questions 911-text reliability 13th October 2010 Texting to 911: Examining the Design and Limitations of SMS presents a view of the capabilities, limitations, threats and vulnerabilities of this means of text communications for 911 notification.
911 Enable to host VoIP, UC deployment webinars 12th October 2010 The format features a preliminary webinar on Oct. 19 that covers the fundamentals of E911 and IP telephony.
PlantCML releases upgraded VESTA Pallas, Communicator! NXT solutions 7th October 2010 VESTA Pallas provides next-generation-911 functionality for emergency call centers with up to 24 call-taking positions.
NICE, Intrado to develop joint NG-911 solution 6th October 2010 The NICE/Intrado solution will aggregate and categorize data automatically based on user-generated parameters.
Nothing to it 1st October 2010 When planning its backup communications solution, Lifespan — the state of Rhode Island’s first health system — realized that a highly portable system would provide more value to the community.
We hear you 1st October 2010 As federally funded researchers continue to test digital radio technologies, manufacturers bring to market new and improved models, based in large part on user input, that perform better on the fireground — but there’s work still to do.
iPhone app offers PSAP transparency 21st September 2010 The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s FireDepartment.org free application lets users to listen in live to the actions of dispatchers, firefighters and paramedics.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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