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Articles tagged with: E 911
Sending a photo from a cameraphone to an emergency helpdesk is now patented
PowerPhone, Inc. says that it has been granted a patent in the USA that covers the sending of photos or video clips from mobile phones to emergency dispatch centers. The embodiment of the patent, PowerPhone's Incident Linked Multimedia (ILM) software, provides a tool for emergency and non-emergency call centers to receive, prioritize and process multimedia messages, such as text, video and images from cellular and other non-traditional callers. more
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Dispatchers couldn't verify location of 911 call
Police dispatchers say 911 call from slain player's phone wasn't forwarded to officers more
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Italy Facing Fines for Lack of Mobile Location Data from Emergency Calls
The European Commission has decided to ask the EU Court of Justice to fine Italy for failing to respect a previous Court judgement for not providing full caller location information for emergency services. Member States have an obligation to ensure that when a person dials Europe's single emergency number (112) from a mobile phone, details of his or her location are sent to the emergency services. The Commission's decision to refer Italy back to the Court follows two previous warnings from the Commission. more
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Australia to Improve Emergency Call Location Tracking
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has started a consultation on improving access to location information from mobile phone calls made to the emergency services number (Triple Zero). more
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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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Sheriff: Error fixed in Santa Fe area 911 system
Authorities say a programming error on cell phone towers misrouted 911 calls from a lost hiker who died in a rescue helicopter crash last month, but the problem has been corrected. 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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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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Hiker lost in New Mexico repeatedly dialed 911
A lost hiker who was killed in a helicopter crash after her rescue last week called 911 repeatedly, but was initially routed to non-emergency lines lacking the technology to help locate her, authorities said. more
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