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March 31, 2011Much of what Congress, the FCC and other federal agencies attempt to do in the realm of public safety telecommunications policy is to promote efficiency and enhanced capabilities, such as interoperability, broadband radio communications and NG9-1-1. In the private sector, these goals would be pursued in the interest of profits, potentially opening the door to capital investments to turn the goals into reality. The government sector obviously lacks a profit motive and must appropriate funds purely on the basis of improving the public good. That simple reality sometimes gets lost when telecommunications policy is being made.
Read full articleOfficials Discuss Sharing Communications Services
March 31, 2011Spurred by the desire to contain costs, a group of seven townships and cities — including Dublin, Grove City, Hilliard, Upper Arlington and Worthington — met yesterday to brainstorm setting up a joint communications center for their police and fire agencies. But some agencies that already handle dispatching for several jurisdictions weren’t invited.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatcher Reprimanded in Mishandled Crash Call
March 31, 2011Franklin County, Ohio — A dispatcher with the Franklin County sheriff’s office has been disciplined for the way he handled a 9-1-1 call regarding a car crash in which two teenagers were killed on the Far West Side.
Read full articleFCC Issues Notice about Membership on Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council
March 31, 2011Washington, March 31 — Federal Communications Commission has issued a notice called: Federal Communications Commission Recharters and Seeks Nominations for Membership on the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council.
Read full articleCitizen Heroes & Leaders Honored
March 31, 2011Washington, DC — The E9-1-1 Institute, in conjunction with National Emergency Number Association (NENA), the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), the National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators (NASNA), the 9-1-1 Industry Alliance (“9IA”), National Academies of Emergency Dispatch (NAED), 9-1-1 For Kids, and the Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus, will present 11 awards to citizen heroes at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Center. This is the 8th annual awards ceremony where citizens whose heroism and dedication highlight the critical importance of 9-1-1 emergency communications will be honored.
Read full articleTexas Agencies to Benefit from Houston Radio Solution Provider
March 31, 2011Public safety personnel and emergency responders operating on the Texas
Wide Area Regional Network (TxWARN) will benefit from the continued
promise of open standards technology starting with the ability to incorporate
P25 portable and mobile radios from Houston-based Tait Radio
Communications, a global leader in providing radio solutions.
Verizon to Host Disaster Recovery Exercise with Industry’s Elite Hazmat Team in Cockeysville, Md., on April 5
March 31, 2011Please join Verizon’s Major Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT) hazmat team members during their disaster recovery drills on Monday or Tuesday, April 4 or 5, in Cockeysville, MD.
Read full articleIntrado Expands Positron VIPER Call Processing Product Suite
March 31, 2011LONGMONT, Colo., March 31, 2011 — Intrado Inc., a leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, has expanded its Positron suite of call handling products to bring the same strong combination of functionality, flexibility and control that larger agencies enjoy to smaller PSAPs at a competitive price.
Read full articleHealth Reports and Hard Drive Error Alerts Reduce Long-Term Video Outages and Lessen Maintenance Costs of Mobile Video Surveillance Systems
March 30, 2011MIAMI, March 29, 2011 – Health reports of mobile video surveillance systems for public transit vehicles, including cameras, digital video recorders (DVR) and hard drives, can now be accessed in conjunction with existing features available with Apollo Video Technology’s (Apollo Video) Video Information Management (ViM) software. Apollo Video is announcing the availability of the DVR health module at the 2011 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) TransITech Conference in Miami. The module allows more functionality for determining the health of the fleet’s video systems.
Read full articleExalt Introduces 4G/LTE-Ready ExtremeAir™ Platform for High Speed Ring and Mobile Backhaul Architectures
March 30, 2011CAMPBELL, Calif., March 22, 2011 – Exalt Communications today announced its newest platform, ExtremeAir™, an ultra-high capacity, multi-carrier hybrid architecture designed to support speeds of 400 Mbps to 7 Gbps, PDH, SDH, and SONET in all configurations. The ExtremeAir platform supports bands from 2 to 86 GHz, and core, ring, and mobile backhaul architectures in TDM, IP/MPLS, and Carrier Ethernet networks.
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