Work has started on the Scott County budget for next year. On Tuesday, staff made their first presentation to the board of supervisors, and that’ll be followed by several study sessions, leading up to final approval in March.
Budget Director, David Farmer, says the proposed budget is “routine and stable” compared to this year, except for one major project – 11 million dollars to update the Scott Emergency Communications Center… READ MORE
A new report from the Behavioral Insights Team & the University of California at Berkeley connects a sense of belonging to employee retention
Over the course of a year, the average 911 emergency service dispatcher will take over 2,400 phone calls. These calls can range from connecting a resident to medical care for a sprained ankle to dispatching the right support for someone whose life is being threatened or in imminent danger. The variability of these calls creates a high-stress work environment that is both emotionally exhausting and potentially traumatic, exacerbated by the long hours of an inherently stressful job that requires mandatory overtime and pays low wages… READ MORE
MELVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 23, 2020– Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL), a world leader in secure and highly reliable communication technology, announced that during its second quarter of fiscal 2020, its Safety & Security Technologies (“SST”) group, which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a multi-year contract extension totaling an estimated $14.2 million to provide enhanced 9-1-1 (“E9-1-1”) services to a tier one U.S. wireless telecommunications carrier.
Cities across the United States are struggling with a growing public safety problem that’s largely invisible to the public: a shortage of people willing to work high-stress jobs answering 911 emergency calls.
The problem is taking a toll on emergency operations, as short-staffed teams work overtime shifts in a scramble to make sure there’s enough dispatchers to answer calls. The turnover costs cities tens of thousands of dollars to recruit and train new people. It also comes at a high emotional cost for dispatchers, who handle traumatic situations every day without the widespread recognition… READ MORE
EIN News/ — Dublin, Jan. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “The Private LTE & 5G Network Ecosystem: 2020 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts” report from SNS Telecom & IT has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
This report presents an in-depth assessment of the private LTE and 5G network ecosystem, including market drivers, challenges, enabling technologies, vertical market opportunities, applications, key trends, standardization, spectrum availability/allocation, regulatory landscape, deployment case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies… READ MORE
For a wireless network that will be needed to enable the cities of the future, 5G has made a relatively quiet debut in Pittsburgh.
That’s probably because, for now, you won’t notice a difference until you drop about $1,300 on a 5G-compatible phone.
AT&T rolled out its fifth-generation network in Pittsburgh in December, one of the first phases of a nationwide plan, but the benefits are only available to a small number of users … READ MORE
