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Apriva Releases Secure Communication Suite (SCS) for Mobile Communications
October 5, 2011Scottsdale, AZ October 3, 2011—Apriva, the leading provider of secure end-to-end wireless transactions and information solutions, today announced that its Apriva ISS division has released the Apriva Secure Communication Suite (SCS), an advanced solution that provides highly secure voice, email, and data communications for mobile environments. Using Apriva’s strong encryption and authentication technologies, the Secure Communication Suite helps ensure the identity of users and that communications are hardened against interception or compromise.
Read full article911 Enable Completes Successful Interoperability Testing with Acme Packet Session Border Controllers
October 5, 2011MONTREAL, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — 911 Enable, the leading provider of E911 solutions for IP telephony, today announced that its Emergency Routing Service (ERS) has successfully completed interoperability testing with Acme Packet’s Net-Net® session border controllers (SBCs). This testing provides organizations with confidence that their critical 911 data will reach the ERS, without compromising the safety and integrity of their network.
Read full article911 Industry Alliance, TechAmerica Join Call for D Block Allocation to Public Safety
October 5, 2011PSA Touts Major Private Sector Support for Top Legislative Priority
Read full articleNarrowbanding Waiver Guidance
October 5, 2011Does your agency operate on radio frequencies below 512 MHz? If so, is your agency already operating on “narrowband” channels (i.e., 12.5 kHz or the equivalent)? If not, are you aware of the FCC requirement that such systems convert to narrowband no later than Jan. 1, 2013? Will your agency be ready?
If not, your agency may want to consider seeking a waiver of the requirements pursuant to recently released FCC guidelines, and you should try to do so before the end of this year.
APCO International Appoints Derek Poarch as Executive Director
October 5, 2011The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International announced the appointment today of Derek K. Poarch as executive director. Poarch comes to APCO International with more than 30 years of public safety experience, and demonstrated leadership in law enforcement and federal telecommunications policy.
Read full articlePolice Track Down Tot Who Called 9-1-1 about 150 Times in Three Days
September 29, 2011Officers for the West Valley City Police Department found themselves walking door-to-door recently, trying to track down a disconnected cellphone that a young child used to make about 150 calls to 911 over a course of about three days, said Lt. Michael Coleman.
Read full articleShared Experience: APCO 2011 Conference
September 28, 2011Did you know that over 100,000 motor vehicle accidents per year can be attributed to drowsy driving? Or that shift workers that rotate shifts experience symptoms very similar to jet lag? These are just a couple of small facts that Deann Baumann learned while attending a class at the APCO International 77th Annual Conference and Expo in Philadelphia a few weeks ago.
Read full articleLESA CERT Works Tacoma Mall Active Shooter Exercise
September 28, 2011On August 12th, members of LESA Communication’s Emergency Response Team (CERT) manned the radios for a full scale active shooter exercise held by TPD at the Tacoma Mall. This exercise allowed officers, SWAT, hostage negotiations, bomb techs and rescue units the opportunity to test their skills and equipment. Three tactically trained dispatchers reported to the Mobile Command Unit (MCU) in the mall’s parking lot and ran exercise communications.
Read full articleLancaster to Join Regional Dispatch Center
September 28, 2011A proposed regional police dispatch center now has the support it needs to move forward after the third of five towns initially asked to join has signed on to the project. The dispatch center will include Harvard, Devens, Lunenburg, Lancaster and Shirley and will mean a savings of more than $100,000 for each community after the first year.
Read full articleIntrado Reaches Next-Generation 9-1-1 Milestone
September 28, 2011LONGMONT, Colo., Sept. 22, 2011 — Intrado Inc., a subsidiary of West Corporation and a leading provider of 9-1-1 technology solutions, reached a milestone this week with over 300 next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) systems either deployed or in progress. Long a leader in public safety communications, the company has been driving the adoption of NG9-1-1 technology for the past several years.
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