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The influence of geographic information systems (GIS) on emergency communications continues to find its way to the front and center of the workstation, and for good reason. The number one job of the PSAP (public safety answering point) telecommunicator...
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At the end of 2022, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) laid down the gauntlet on improving 911 reliability by issuing an order [FCC 22-88] that would mandate OSPs (Originating Service Providers) notify PSAPs (Public Safety Answering Points) of...
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The move to an IP-based infrastructure offers numerous benefits, some of which will be used every day, and some will not likely be as obvious. Forest Guides are no exception. As I’ve discussed in previous blogs, NG911 (Next Generation 911) and in...
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Having spent many years as a technologist in the telecommunications industry, I was hoping to see more enthusiasm for the next generation of 911, or NG911. I get that the upgrade to IP (Internet Protocol) systems from outdated analog communications...
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In the coming weeks, Intrado will introduce the Sonic EDGE, an alternate configuration of the Sonic G3, and a cutting-edge appliance that gives Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) the flexibility and mobility to take 911 calls from virtually any...
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I was raised with the old adage that you had to “take the bad with the good.” Your heavy-duty pickup truck comes in handy at the lumber yard but makes you wince at the gas station. You may love a good three-alarm chicken wing at the bar, but you pay for...
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Hidden beneath the buzz of 5G wireless network rollouts was the FCC auction of a band of spectrum that could spur a wave of private wireless network construction. With a host of use cases, from addressing urban dead zones to factory automation and...
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Cybersecurity experts often refer to the dangers to an enterprise in terms of their threat surface—all the ways in which a hacker could break into systems to access data or otherwise do harm. In some ways, municipalities do the same when they structure...
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Those of us from the information technology profession did you a disservice many years ago when we first drew the early concept of the Internet—of shared computing and data—as a simple “cloud.” That one diagram, meant to simplify the representation of...
