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FCC Should Move Forward with Plan to Use Auction Proceeds to Fund NG911

May 20, 2022 | Comments

Not many people think about 911 until they themselves are involved in an emergency. It’s the number everyone knows but hopes they will never have to dial. And then, when they do have to, the expectation is that help will arrive at the incident location precisely and instantaneously.

May 20, 2022 | Comments

After several months of rigorous testing, Next Generation Advanced’s (NGA) NEXiSConnect multimedia call-handling system successfully completed the i3 and multi-ESInet conformance testing program in California.

May 18, 2022 | Comments

Ways in which the FCC can help improve 911 service will be one of several topics on the agenda for the commission’s June open meeting.

May 16, 2022 | Comments

Comtech Telecommunications promoted Timothy Jenkins to president of its safety and security technologies product group, effective June 1.

May 16, 2022 | Comments

The city of Berkeley, California, chose Federal Engineering (FE) to analyze the staffing, infrastructure and technology needs of the Berkeley 9-1-1 Communication Center and create a project plan to implement an accredited, prioritized emergency medical dispatch system.

May 16, 2022 | Comments

HigherGround announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a new patent, No. 11,206,327, that further strengthens the company’s intellectual property (IP) for its Live911 technology.

May 16, 2022 | Comments

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Emergency Medical Services named Brian Tegtmeyer coordinator of the National 911 Program effective May 9.

May 16, 2022 | Comments

AT&T launched nationwide location-based routing, which will allow it to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers nationwide.

May 04, 2022 | Comments

GeoComm, a public-safety location intelligence platform provider, announced a new partnership with NextNav, a provider of z-axis vertical positioning, to enhance floor-aware indoor mapping for E9-1-1.

May 02, 2022 | Comments

The Office of EMS and the National 911 Program, housed within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), encouraged 9-1-1 and EMS professionals to provide public-safety feedback on its annual Highway Safety Grant Program.