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Automated Secure Alarm Protocol Reduces 9-1-1 Processing & Responses Times
August 2, 2011Notable things are taking place this year surrounding the use of an ANSI-approved APCO International American National Standard (ANS) that streamlines the delivery of alarm notifications between alarm monitoring companies, also-known-as central stations, and 9-1-1 PSAPs. The official title of this standard, approved by ANSI on Jan. 15, 2009, is the Alarm Monitoring Company to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Computer-aided Dispatch (CAD) External Alarm Interface Exchange — APCO/CSAA 2.101.1-2008, abbreviated the “External Alarm Interface Exchange.”
Read full articleDay 1 in Philadelphia
August 2, 2011It’s 77 years after the premiere APCO International Annual Conference & Exposition, and the event still draws a crowd to experience cutting-edge public safety communications technology and education. If you’re in the area, come by! Day passes can be purchased on site. To help you plan your busy schedule, here are some highlights of what Sunday, Aug. 7, offers attendees.
Read full articleAnritsu Company Expands LTE Measurement Capabilities in Spectrum Master™ and BTS Master™ Handheld Analyzers
August 2, 2011Morgan Hill, CA – For Immediate Release – Anritsu Company announces it has enhanced the LTE measurement capabilities in its MS272xC Spectrum Master™ and MT822xB BTS Master™ series of handheld analyzers. With the new analysis tools added to the existing measurement capabilities, field engineers and technicians have handheld instruments that can conduct nearly all the measurements necessary to successfully deploy, commission, and maintain LTE networks.
Read full articleFCC Announces Spectrum-Sharing Agreements with Canada & Mexico
August 2, 2011WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FCC has reached arrangements with Industry Canada and Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transportation for sharing commercial wireless broadband spectrum in the 700 MHz band along the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican border areas.
Read full articleThales’ First Responder Multiband Radio Receives DOI Fire Approval
August 2, 2011CLARKSBURG, Md., August 2, 2011 – Thales Communications, Inc. announces that its LibertyTM Multiband Land Mobile Radio (LMR) has successfully completed Fire radio testing by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Radio Technical Service Center (TSC) test lab and by the National
Interagency Fire Center. Having previously received TSC approvals for Law Enforcement and Tiers 1, 2, and 3, the Liberty radio is now fully approved for sale to DOI. The Liberty LMR’s Project 25 Overthe-Air-Rekey has also been completed and successfully tested by TSC, adding capabilities for the
Law Enforcement Tier.
Firecom Introduces ComCare™ Extended Service Programs
August 2, 2011July 25, 2011, Portland, OR – Firecom, the leader in rugged and reliable team communication solutions for fire fighters and first responders, today announced the immediate availability of its ComCare™ Service Programs, which provide additional service, support and extended warranty coverage of up to five years on primary communication system products. The new program covers communication headsets, intercoms and wireless base stations for Firecom products, including its fire headsets and EMS headsets.
Read full articleLEVA Training Conference Hosts First National Mobile Video Summit
August 2, 2011(MIDLOTHIAN, TEX.) July 7, 2011 – The Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA) has opened online registration for the 2011 LEVA Annual Training Conference, which runs Oct. 17-21 at Coeur d’Alene Resort & Conference Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The conference will feature a full schedule of workshops and exhibits, as well as the first National Mobile Video Summit.
Read full articleGeoComm’s NENA i3 Emergency Call Routing Software Successfully Implemented in Synergem’s i3 ESInet in North Carolina
August 2, 2011St. Cloud, MN: Two public safety agencies in North Carolina now have one of the nation’s first NENA i3-compliant Emergency Services IP networks (ESInets). The North Central North Carolina (NCNC) Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) Regional Compact, consisting of the Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD) and neighboring Surry County, recently accepted a newly implemented pilot i3 NG9-1-1 system. The system provides NG9-1-1 location based call routing and an updated IP network capable of delivering voice, video, text, and data to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) when available.
Read full articleZetron and Tait Partner to Provide Puget Sound Energy’s New, Future-Ready Communications Solution
August 2, 2011Puget Sound Energy has selected a solution that combines Zetron and Tait Radio Communications equipment in a comprehensive, new, P25-based communications system for the utility. Zetron’s Advanced Communications (Acom) system will serve as the solution’s console. Tait’s TaitNet 200-MHz MPT-IP network will provide the solution’s radio infrastructure.
Read full articleL.A. County Starting over on Emergency Communications System
August 1, 2011LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of millions in federal funds are at risk and years of planning are scrapped over concerns that the project’s nearly completed contract violates state rules on how it must be structured and awarded.
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