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March 16, 2012What a collaboration of people! Look around at any communications center and you’ll find a diverse group of people. People…
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March 15, 2012The Professional Communications Human Resources Taskforce (ProCHRT) is busy preparing its year three report. The Executive Committee thought it important to provide a brief overview of the outreach APCO has undertaken on behalf of the taskforce.
Read full articleTampa’s $6m Radio Plan
March 15, 2012Police plan to spend $6 million on portable radios for the Republican National Convention to try to prevent the kind of chaos that marred the start of the 2008 GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Read full articlePalo Alto Communications Center to Temporarily Relocate This Weekend
March 15, 2012Palo Alto’s communications center will temporarily relocate from the basement of City Hall to the Mobile Emergency Operations Center between Friday and Monday while that part of the building undergoes a seismic retrofit, the police department announced Monday.
Read full articleFirm Eyed for County Radio
March 15, 2012“We’ve put antennas in Siberia and the South Pole,” Ingram said. “Our global communication systems are on every continent in the world.”
Read full articleNew Berlin Advised to Use County Emergency Dispatch
March 15, 2012New Berlin – A consultant is recommending that the city disband its dispatch center and use the Waukesha County Communications Center to handle calls for police and fire, a move the consultant says would save New Berlin and its taxpayers nearly $9 million over 10 years.
Read full articleTwo 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatch Outages Blamed on Verizon
March 15, 2012Westmoreland County officials said they hope the third disruption of service to the 911 dispatch system will be the last.
Read full articleFCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Announces Departure of Amy Levine, Senior Counsel and Legal Advisor
March 15, 2012FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that Amy Levine will be departing the Commission to relocate from the Washington, D.C. area and leaving her role as Senior Counsel & Legal Advisor to the Chairman. Charles Mathias will be detailed from his current role in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on an interim basis to serve as Acting Legal Advisor upon Ms. Levine’s departure.
Read full articleVerizon Mobile Satellite Solutions Ready to Respond When Storms Threaten
March 15, 2012NEW YORK – As the storm season begins, Verizon will be offering general availability of its Mobile Satellite Solutions to…
Read full articleSmart911 Launches First Annual Smart Telecommunicator Awards to Recognize 9-1-1 Calltakers
March 15, 2012Framingham, MA, March 7, 2012 – Rave Mobile Safety, the trusted software partner for campus and public safety, announced today…
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