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Technology demands upgrades to emergency communications.(Slants & Trends)
"The 911 system of today has been stretched to its limit due to the advancement of modern communications technology," according to Robert Cobb, director of the National Emergency Number Association's Next Generation Enhanced 911 Program. The current system "is ill-equipped to handle calls from-and take advantage of-new and future communications technologies." The 26 public and private entities participating in the program have tackled the problem by developing a blueprint for a new "system of systems" to handle 911 and other emergency communications in the future.
More than nine percent of U.S. wireless subscribers use their cell phones as their primary phones, according to a program report. By 2009, that number is expected to jump to between 23 and 37 percent. The three million residential Voice over Internet Protocol subscribers will exceed 27 million. In addition, local and wide area networks are allowing the mobile public to communicate wirelessly from more locations. Cities such as San Francisco and Philadelphia are creating networks that will potentially allow the public to communicate wirelessly from anywhere in the metropolitan area.
Technology poses tough questions for emergency ...
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- Newspaper article from: Satellite News April 9, 2007 700+ words
...House committee on science and technology, released an April 2 letter to President George W. Bush calling for the removal of Robert Cobb as inspector general of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Both Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C...
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- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) April 3, 2007 700+ words
...Michael Cabbage Apr. 3--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Three members of Congress asked President Bush to fire NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb on Monday after reviewing findings from a federal probe. Investigators examined 69 allegations against Cobb, a White House...
- House bill addresses emergency communications, but lacks funding.(News)
- Magazine article from: RCR Wireless News July 31, 2006 700+ words
...working on legislation to address emergency communications, but funding for any interoperability...passed a bill creating an Office of Emergency Communications within the Department of Homeland...comprehensive bill that includes emergency communications language that mirrors the ...
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- Newspaper article from: China Business News December 10, 2004 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire April 5, 2005 700+ words
...Technology, a leading developer of emergency communications software for wireless handheld...message blast capabilities with mass emergency communications solutions from such providers...computers. This and other METAmessage Emergency Communications capabilities will be ...
- Can't Reach Out, Can't Touch.(emergency communications in wake of Hurricane...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Roane, Kit R. Marek, Angie C. September 19, 2005 700+ words
...post-Katrina, has been an emergency communications disaster. Residents couldn...Patching their radios into a single emergency communications system, they shared up-to...stations that make up the city's emergency communications system survived the hurricane...
- iXP Completes New Emergency Communications System for St. Mary's County,...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 21, 2003 700+ words
...integration solution for its new emergency communications system. iXP's program included...s recommendations, the new emergency communications system provides an effective solution...said Phillip Cooper, Director Emergency Communications, St. Mary's County. "iXP...
- Tsunamis prompt interest in 'Net alerts.(Emergency communications systems)
- Magazine article from: Network World Marsan, Carolyn Duffy January 17, 2005 700+ words
...expertise in Internet-based emergency communications. "You would know what cell phones...create methods for prioritizing emergency communications over the Internet. The IETF is...Internet can help in all types of emergency communications - between the public and governmental...
