Product & Service Announcements
El Paso County 9-1-1 Communications Deploys onBoard Mobile Gateway for County-Wide Communications
August 19, 2011El Paso, Texas, and Vancouver, BC, Aug. 15, 2011 — In Motion Technology, the leader in mobile networking technologies that efficiently connect and manage equipment, information and people in the field, announced today that El Paso County Enhanced 9-1-1 Emergency Communications District is deploying the onBoard Mobile Gateway as the single communications platform to support a county-wide initiative that will improve situational awareness.
Read full articleLubbock, Texas, Goes Live with Tiburon IQResponse
August 19, 2011On the same day Tiburon is announcing IQResponse — its newest public safety software offering — the company is also announcing the City of Lubbock, Texas as its first live IQResponse customer. Lubbock has been using all of the IQResponse components as their production system since June.
Read full articleAndrew Seybold Honored by APCO International for Contributions to Public Safety Communications
August 19, 2011Santa Barbara, California, Aug. 11, 2011 — Andrew M. Seybold was honored with the Presidential Award of the Associated Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO International ) during the association’s 77th Annual Conference and Exposition Meeting in Philadelphia August 7-11 in Philadelphia.
Read full articleThe National Emergency Communications Plan
August 18, 2011Over the past 10 years, the federal government and public safety agencies have invested significant resources to update the nation’s emergency communications capabilities. To encourage a coordinated approach and wise investments, the DHS Office of Emergency Communications has launched key initiatives.
Read full articleFranklin County, Maine, OKs New Dispatch, Record-Keeping System
August 18, 2011FARMINGTON, Maine — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to move the Sheriff’s Department and Communications Center to a computer- aided dispatch program and public safety system that enhances record keeping and security for those involved in emergency situations.
Read full articlePSST Authorizes Chairman to Apply for PLMN-ID for Network
August 18, 2011The Public Safety Spectrum Trust’s board of directors today endorsed a position statement adopted by the Association of Public-Safety Communications…
Read full articlePublic Safety Communications Announces First-Ever People’s Choice Award
August 18, 2011DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.: Public Safety Communications (PSC), a monthly publication published by Elsevier Public Safety on behalf of the Association…
Read full articleMissouri 9-1-1 Center Deploys Smart911
August 16, 2011COLUMBIA COUNTY, Mo. — The Columbia and Boone County 911 center is the first in the state to use a “Smart911” system that provides personal and medical information about callers who register. The Public Safety Joint Communications Center began using the system Aug. 15.
Read full articleNICE Honors 2011 PSAPs’ Finest Award Winners at National APCO Conference
August 10, 2011PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 8, 2011 — NICE Systems’ PSAPs’ Finest Awards is an annual recognition program through which individuals are nominated by their public safety peers and winners are selected by a panel of judges.
Read full articleRaytheon Successfully Links P25 Mobile Radio with Zetron’s Dispatch Console System
August 10, 2011MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully integrated and tested its P25net land mobile radio with the Zetron Acom digital dispatch control system to demonstrate the ease of delivering interoperable communications through the use of open standards.
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