The disruption affected 911 emergency services nationwide. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called the problem “particularly troubling” in its “breadth and duration.” SOURCE: cnet.com DATE: December 29, 2018 A nationwide outage…
A widespread outage on CenturyLink’s cloud network that lasted almost two days and hampered emergency phone service in Washington and other states was caused by a faulty network management card,…
DATE: The first year of Minnesota’s statewide Text-to-911 system is showing that the service is saving lives and making it easier to contact first responders. SOURCE: Redwood Falls Gazette DATE:…
By Mo Katibeh, AT&T Business CMO NextGen 911 solutions like AT&T ESInet™ offer increased reliability, resiliency and security when transferring calls based on location tracking or managing call volumes. All…
December 11, 2018 – 9:45 am By Lisa M. Fowlkes | Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau There is no higher priority at the FCC than promoting reliable 911…
By Christopher Vondracek When Tom Guthrie served as Vice President of Smart Public Safety Solutions with Motorola Solutions, he first became aware of a small innovator in advanced emergency technology….
Written by Gilles Ferland Public-safety answering points (PSAPs) are now well aware of the real-life stories behind the industry’s new concern: cybersecurity. As a quick reminder, here are a few…
By Christopher Vondracek ESInet is making a more nimble 911 Center a possibility in North Carolina’s capital city. The City of Raleigh, North Carolina and Wake County, a 1 million…
Upgrading U.S. public-safety answering points to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology will cost $9.5 billion to $12.7 billion during a 10-year period, according to a much-anticipated cost study released today…
RapidSOS announces a partnership with Google to deliver Android Emergency Location Service (ELS) information to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) for free, providing U.S. 911 centers with a method to access improved wireless-caller…
Last week’s Public Safety Advocate discussed storms, wildfires, and other reasons it is so important for as many public safety agencies as possible to be a part of the FirstNet network…
All four nationwide wireless carriers—AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint—will add device-based hybrid (DBH) location technologies that are designed to improve wireless emergency-caller location information, even within buildings, but public-safety officials…
By ATFN Staff Fifty years ago, the first 9-1-1 call was made in the United States. It’s been an integral part of Americans’ national trust ever since that an ambulance,…
Maricopa County, Ariz., has already seen an increased ability to pinpoint the locations of 911 callers, especially those who are indoors, which used to be a significant challenge. SOURCE: govtech.com…
Recent Webinar, Working Together to Connect and Protect, was hosted by NENA and sponsored by AT&T. By ATFN Staff Writer Before the National Emergency Number Association Conference (NENA) kicked off…