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Articles tagged with: 911 and E 911
Iowa 911 call center becomes first to accept texts
An emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to "911," starting Wednesday. 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
.. "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 r more
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Lithuania Warned Over Providing Mobile Location of Emergency Callers
The European Commission has sent a formal warning to Lithuania calling 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 again. more
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Italy Urged to Provide Mobile Location Services for Emergency Calls
..dispatching help.112 is the pan-European equivalent to 911 in the USA. more
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Over 75% of USA Covered By Phase II Wireless Enhanced 911
Over three-quarters of the USA's population now reside in areas where wireless 911 service includes delivery of the caller's call back number and location to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), a capability known as enhanced 911 (E911). This number represents an eight percent increase in Phase II deployments over statistics released by the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) in December of 2005. more
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Unnamed operator speeds E911 deployment
..less Facilities has been awarded nationwide work under its Master Service Agreement for Enhanced 911 (E911) deployment by one of the top six national wireless carriers in the United States.Under this contract, WFI will perform the engineering and ins more
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Cingular orders location based software
..o comply with the requirements of Phase II of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) E-911 mandate, which requires service providers to provide location information for wireless 911 callers to public emergency service agencies.Cingular is a more
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Qwest Communications has outlined progress in deploying Enhanced 911 (E-911) wireless location technology across its 14-state region. The company also announced support of the National Emergency Number Association's (NENA) "Call to Action," a nationwide effort to make E-911 available to all wireless phone users.Qwest says that it completed all steps to implement E-911 Phase I and Phase II services across its 14-state region late last year, including facilities and software upgrades, and the filing of necessary state tariffs. Qwest also conducts systems testing and coordinates among Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and wireless providers to facilitate E-911 deployment as PSAPs are prepared to do so.Qwest is continueing to support new E-911 deployments by partnering with PSAP's and other wireless providers on both a state and local level. In addition, Qwest Wireless meets all guidelines for pinpointing callers' locations using a GPS handset solution and has begun selling GPS enabled handsets across its service area.Implementing E-911 Phase II requires the cooperation of wireless providers, local service providers and the PSAPs. Because Qwest represents the perspective of both a local service provider as well as a wireless carrier, the company has a broad appreciation for the coordination and investment required to complete this effort. "Qwest applauds all of the agencies who contribute to making Enhanced 911 services for wireless phones a priority," said Pam Stegora Axberg Qwest senior vice president, network operations and engineering. "This service is crucial for the benefit and safety of all wireless customers." more
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U-TDOA adopted by the 3G governing body
..ent decisions by three of the U.S.'s national GSM operators to use U-TDOA to support their FCC E-911 needs.Standardization by the 3GPP provides wireless operators with the assurance that a technology will have seamless interoperability between variou more
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