Last week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) annual conference in Las Vegas, Greg Rohde, executive director of the E-911 Institute, expressed his frustration with the lack of progress the 911 sector has made toward what is expected to be a very bright future borne of some amazing technological advances. At the heart of the inertia is a lack of funding. ... Read more
The costs to improve 911 through investments in infrastructure can be categorized by several major and distinct functions of 911.76 For the purposes of this analysis, four cost centers and typical sources of funding are summarized below. These are: devices, local networks, call centers, and interfaces with first responders. ... Read more
E911 encompasses the ability to validate and register a person’s address in the 911 database upon turn-up of his or her voice service and then correctly route an emergency call to the appropriate public safety answering point (PSAP), providing the location information associated with the telephone number calling 911. ... Read more
Hughes Telematics has announced its exclusive partnership with Intrado, provider of the core of North America's 9-1-1 infrastructure and instrumental in the evolution of the nation's emergency communications network for the past thirty years. ... Read more
Hughes Telematics yesterday announced an exclusive partnership with Intrado to provide emergency call-center services and route appropriate in-vehicle calls to the nearest public-safety answering point (PSAP) in the 911 network. ... Read more
Hughes Telematics reached a deal with an emergency call center provider to offer a car-based communications system that could compete with the OnStar service from General Motors Corp<GM.N, the company said. ... Read more
The company Hisco of technology brings Latin America to Brazil, this month the S-911, a personal locator that came through GPS (global positioning system), the steps of the bearer. It provides dashed route, speed and time traveled. Your use covert measures suggest: 10x 4.5 x 2.4 cm. ... Read more
Microsoft Corp. and Ford Motor Co. plan to enhance the Sync system, taking aim at a key feature of General Motors' OnStar — automatic accident notification. On Sunday, Jan. 6, Microsoft's Robbie Bach was expected to announce the enhancement during Chairman Bill Gates' keynote address to the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Bach is president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division. ... Read more
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