by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
By David Cook, Senior Public Safety Advisor, First Responder Network Authority
The last decade has brought about rapid advances in technology that have changed our daily lives. The first smartphones hit the streets in 2007, and today nearly every American has at least one in their pocket.
Police chiefs nationwide have also steadily increased their departments’ use of mobile broadband technology over the last ten years to help capture and share information and coordinate responses during both routine and emergency situations. But with the rise of consumer’s use of data via smartphones, commercial networks have become heavily congested and law enforcement often has to compete for a connection. This might be why your phone has four bars and you still cannot make a call, your local cell site might be at capacity.
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by ECC Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles
While AT&T is on track to meet all nationwide First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) milestones, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week flagged schedule, communication, and end-user satisfaction management issues that it said could stop the program from reaching its full potential.
[…] “AT&T has made progress deploying the network and meeting contractual milestones and goals, and FirstNet has employed a variety of mechanisms—many of which align with key practices—to oversee AT&T’s performance … READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles
TAMPA, FL — Making good on its commercial slogan, “Just OK is not OK,” AT&T customers and FirstNet subscribers in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Polk counties got a big boost in wireless connectivity. AT&T added eight new cell sites to enhance 4G LTE coverage in the area and help give residents and first responders faster, more reliable wireless service… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 29, 2020 | Articles
From public-safety blimps to revolutionary data centers, North Texas’ giants invented technology in 2019 to make our world a little bit better.
TMGcore CEO John-David Enright says TMGcore is already scaling the size of traditional data centers without decreasing the processing power. In partnering with Corgan, it will be able to offer a solution that’s significantly smaller for the same or greater compute capacity, while still having room to scale up if needed… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 27, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) of Bulacan which holds the operation of Bulacan Recue 566 set to launch the Rescue 911 in the province this 2020.
Officials of PDRRMO undergone an Emegency Telecommunicator Certification Training Course from Rescue 911 of United States of America in which the International Academies of International Dispatch (IAED) prepared module for the participants… READ MORE
by ECC Editor | Jan 27, 2020 | Articles, Comm Center News
One look into the startling blue eyes of Officer Cooper Rexrode evokes a sense of calm, as well as an odd desire to rub his belly, stroke his ears and coo baby talk into his earnest face.
[…] Although Cooper has only been on the job a few months, he proved effective during a recent trip to the area’s Emergency Communications Center to visit dispatchers… READ MORE
