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Articles tagged with: 112
Europe Pushes for Emergency Wireless Communications in Road Vehicles
The European Commission has made a final call to the European governments to speed up the implementation of the 'eCall' technology that uses cellular networks to automatically alert emergency services when a road accident occurs. more
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Cash-strapped states raid 911 funds
More than $200 million collected from cell phone users for upgrades to the 911 system has been diverted in the last two years to plug state budget holes, keep campaign promises and, in at least one case, buy police uniforms, an Associated Press analysis has found. more
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Research highlights deficiencies in Canada's proposed wireless E911 services
Canadian public safety experts view Canada as "late in the game" in adopting new rules to implement wireless enhanced emergency (E911) services and there is a definitive need for regulators to play a stronger role in setting national wireless E911 policies and standards, a new research study conducted by IDC Canada reveals. more
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Germany to Require Active SIM Card to Make Emergency Calls
..possible with an active SIM card. Currently, it is possible to call the emergency number 112 from any mobile phone, even if a SIM card is not fitted inside the handset. The regulator said that the change will make it easier to identify the person more
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Lithuania Warned Over Providing Mobile Location of Emergency Callers
..ing on it to ensure that the location of people calling the single European emergency number 112 from their mobile phones is made available to emergency services. Lithuania could be fined if the case proceeds to the European Court of Justice more
Related Tags: 911, e-911, location-based-services, european-commission, viviane-reding, Lithuania
Italy Urged to Provide Mobile Location Services for Emergency Calls
Caller location information is still not available to emergency services from all mobile 112 calls in Italy, as required by EU rules, despite a judgement from the European Court of Justice in January calling on Italy to make this happen. The European Commission has now decided to send a letter of formal notice to Italy requesting it to comply with the judgement and to ensure that caller location information is available to emergency services for all 112 calls. more
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Mobile Advertising Figures Defy Economic Slide
..n (-16 %) Growth and usage of the mobile internet in the first quarter was particularly strong in China (67%), United Kingdom (54%), United States (38%) and Indonesia (23%). "Despite a very challenging economic environment advertisers are clear more
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Joint European 100G R&D field trial (100GET) on existing optical platform
..0G and 40G traffic with a 50 GHz channel spacing was used. A line rate of 112 Gbit/s was achieved using polarization multiplexed RZ-DQPSK and a fast polarization tracker over 600 km standard SMF. The link included multiple ROADMs and unequally more
Related Tags: ethernet, deutsche-telekom, eu, itu, capex, ericsson, telekom, bandwidth, Germany
Q4 Mobile Base Station Contracts Surge With Nokia Siemens Networks on Top
.. wireless telecom industry, fourth quarter base station contracts totaled 182, increasing from 112 in Q3. "Nokia Siemens Networks secured 62% of total contract awards during the December 31, 2008 ended quarter, beating Huawei (13.7%) and ZT more
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London Underground Gets Emergency Radio Network
..d network of 270 stations has 249 miles (402km) of track, of which 112 miles (181 km) is in tunnels. more
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