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West Virginia’s Largest 9-1-1 Center Selects New World Systems’ Dispatch Solution
December 12, 2012Kanawha County, W.Va. Metro Emergency Operations Center is implementing New World Systems’ Aegis CAD solution to improve emergency response through integrated mapping and automated dispatch tools.
Read full articleUnited Nations Group to Pick Global Emergency Number
December 12, 2012Envoys from 193 nations will decide between 9-1-1 or 112 as a standard global emergency number for new generations of mobile phones and other devices.
Read full articleYork County, Va., Launches Text-to-9-1-1 Service
December 11, 2012Yesterday the York-Poquoson-Williamsburg Emergency Communications Center in Virginia launched a first-office application of text-to-9-1-1 service with Verizon Wireless and Telecommunications Systems, Inc. (TCS). APCO President Terry Hall, who also serves as the Chief of Emergency Communications for the combined emergency call center, was joined at the announcement by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety Bureau Chief David Turetsky and Deputy Chief David Furth, as well as officials from Verizon Wireless, TCS, Cassidian and Motorola.
Read full articleMissouri: 9-1-1 Panel Favors County Takeover, New Joint Office
December 11, 2012An unofficial vote by a panel formed to make recommendations to the Boone County Commission regarding a proposed 9-1-1 sales tax favors a county takeover instead of creating a political subdivision.
Read full articleSaving More Lives: LifeNet EMS Deploys AED Location System and Launches Drive to Register AEDs
December 10, 2012Boca Raton, FL – November 26, 2012— Atrus, Inc, and LifeNet EMS have announced a new partnership aimed at saving…
Read full articleGlobalstar Takes Delivery of Final Batch of Second-Generation Satellites for February Launch
December 10, 2012COVINGTON, La., Dec. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT) today announced that all six satellites scheduled for launch…
Read full articleAeroflex Launches DC-HSUPA Support for the TM500 Test Mobile
December 10, 2012STEVENAGE, UK–December 5, 2012–Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), announced today that the TM500 Test…
Read full articleTait Taps Public Safety Executive for CIO Position
December 10, 2012December 7, 2012, Houston, Texas – An executive with considerable information technology experience in public safety and utility organizations has…
Read full articlePhone Companies to Relay 9-1-1 Texts by May 2014
December 10, 2012The Federal Communications Commission says the nation’s four largest wireless carriers have agreed to relay text messages to text-enabled 9-1-1 call centers by May 2014.
Read full articleMaine: Fairpoint Secures Job to Upgrade State’s 9-1-1 System
December 10, 2012The $32 million job of upgrading Maine’s emergency 9-1-1 system and replacing it with an upgraded, Internet- based system that can accept emergency calls from a range of devices will fall to FairPoint Communications.
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