NAED honors top 911 dispatcher 13th June 2005 Julie Regier, a dispatcher for Austin-Travis (Texas) County EMS emergency dispatch, was honored as the first annual Dispatcher of the Year as selected by the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch
APCO to help train Afghanistan emergency communicators 10th June 2005 The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials this week said that the Kabul City Police (KCP) Communications Center Working Group has selected the APCO Institute Public Safety Telecommunicator I course as the standard it will use for training Afghanistan’s first public safety communications professionals.
Michigan statewide radio system wins award 10th June 2005 The American Council for Technology recently chose the Michigan Public Safety Communication System (MPSCS) for its 2005 Intergovernmental Solutions Award, which recognizes outstanding government technology programs. The 181-tower statewide digital two-way radio system was chosen from more than 60 nominations across the country.
NENA president wants closer relationship with VoIP sector 7th June 2005 CHICAGO–National Emergency Number Association (NENA) President Bill McMurray, speaking yesterday at the 2005 VoIP: Telephony conference, predicted that the FCC’s order requiring voice-over-IP providers to offer the same enhanced 911 services made available by wireline and wireless carriers ultimately would result in technologies that improve the performance of public-safety answering points and first responders in the field
California city chooses Motorola’s mesh solution 7th June 2005 The city of Ripon, Calif., today announced that it has chosen Motorola’s mesh-networking product to provide broadband data access to Ripon employees, including first responders and those working for the city-owned water utility.
More police departments deploy Motorola mobile video system 3rd June 2005 Motorola announced that police departments in Toledo, Ohio; Southold, N.Y.; Kennersville and Cary, N.C.; and Bossier Parish, La., have deployed its Mobile Enforcer system
EFJohnson lands $6.4 million P25 order 2nd June 2005 EFJohnson announced a $6.4 million order from the Department of Defense to provide Project 25-compliant portable and mobile radios and related accessories
DataLogic unveils wireless communication security solution 2nd June 2005 Secure mobile communications system developer DataLogic International, working with middleware provider Radio IP Software and identity security solution provider ActivCard, has unveiled EncrypTAC
Public-safety mobile data solution now available for BlackBerry 2nd June 2005 Info-Cop announced that its public-safety software—which gives police officers in the field wireless access to motor vehicle data, warrant information and photo images—is now available for use on Research in Motion’s BlackBerry handheld devices. The …
Nextel CEO: iDEN could be part of future public-safety network 2nd June 2005 Nextel President and CEO Tim Donahue yesterday said he believes the company’s iDEN network could be part of the “public-safety network of the future”
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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