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MTA New York City Transit and PowerTrunk Pilot TETRA LMR Network
January 11, 2012New York – January 10, 2012 – MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) and PowerTrunk, Inc. have successfully completed a TETRA land mobile radio (LMR) network pilot in New York City. The NYCT pilot demonstrates the multiple features and functionality of the TETRA digital technology.
Read full articleSprint Announces First Major Markets to Receive 4G LTE in 2012
January 11, 2012SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 5, 2012 –Sprint (NYSE: S) CEO Dan Hesse announced today at the annual Citigroup Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference that customers in Dallas, Atlanta, Houston and San Antonio are expected to be among the first to benefit from 4G LTE and improved 3G coverage in the first half of 2012.
Read full articleBrooks Internet Software Speeds 9-1-1 Responders, Improves Safety for Farmington Fire Department and Residents
January 11, 2012Idaho Falls, Idaho, January 11, 2012 — Brooks Internet Software, Inc., a leader in enterprise output management (EOM), today announced the Farmington NM Fire Department has deployed Brooks’ RPM Remote Print Manager®. RPM enables the Farmington FD to quickly send 9-1-1 call transcipts to first responders, arming them with critical details about the nature of each emergency and hazards that may be faced upon arrival. These text and email alerts reach about 500 emergency responders in the area, so they can respond faster, and better anticipate what resources will be required – improving safety for residents, and firefighters and other first responders, alike.
Read full article9-1-1 Dispatchers Can Save More Lives by Coaching Bystanders in CPR
January 9, 2012Statement Highlights:
• Dispatchers should help 9-1-1 callers identify cardiac arrest victims and coach callers to provide immediate CPR.
• If more dispatchers followed these processes, thousands of lives could be saved every year.
• Communities should regularly evaluate 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers’ performance and the overall emergency response system, according to a new American Heart Association statement.
National Guard Plugs Communication Gap in Mississippi River Flooding
January 6, 2012Fort Collins, CO (January 5, 2011) – Severe Mississippi River flooding recently traumatized the citizens of Arkansas and Mississippi. Immediately,…
Read full articleLARIAT Investigative Intervention Aids in Conviction
January 4, 2012Tacoma, Wash. (December 29, 2011) – The Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office convicted two Spanaway men arrested for weapons and drug charges after an extensive investigation. The joint investigation by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was aided by the Law Enforcement Support Agency’s new real-time crime center, LARIAT (LESA Accelerated Response Using Integrated Analysis and Technology).
Read full articleFormer Deputy Director of the U.S. Marshals Service Joins the Envisage Management Team
January 4, 2012BLOOMINGTON, IN, January 3, 2011 – Envisage Technologies, a Bloomington, Indiana-based high-technology firm, announced today that Brian R. Beckwith has joined their management team as Vice President of Strategic Relations.
Read full articleSolacom Solution Provides the First Hosted Multi-County Regional 9-1-1 System in Florida
January 4, 2012Chicago, IL, January 5, 2012— Solacom Technologies has deployed a Guardian system to provide hosted services to 4 public safety answering points (PSAPs) in the Florida counties of Gulf, Franklin and Calhoun. The hosted system minimizes the amount of equipment required at each PSAP and provides a cost effective path to transition from TDM technology and T1 lines, to the newer Internet Protocol that will form the basis of next generation 9-1-1 services.
Read full articleVoiceVault Advanced Wireless Microphone Now Available With Digital Ally’s DVM-500Plus In-Car Video System
January 4, 2012Digital Ally, Inc., which develops and sells advanced law enforcement video systems, speed guns and fleet event recorders, announced that all new orders of the DVM-500Plus In-Car Video System will now include the VoiceVault™ Advanced Wireless Microphone at no additional cost to the customer.
Read full articleLightSquared Files Petition for Declaratory Ruling, Asks FCC to Confirm Its Rights as Spectrum Licensee
December 20, 2011RESTON, Va. – December 20, 2011 – LightSquared today asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to confirm LightSquared’s right to…
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