Monthly Archives: April 2005

(USA) APCO Accuses Vonage Of 911 Subterfuge

Posted on 20 April, 2005 by Administrator

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) has complained to the FCC about Vonage’s proposed interim method of handling E911 VoIP calls.

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(USA) Roundup of Local Mobile Search Tools

Posted on 18 April, 2005 by Administrator

Google has had a lot of press lately for their local search for mobile phone users, but they’re certainly not the only game in town.

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(USA) TruePosition Offers Hosted Solution For Rural Carriers

Posted on 12 April, 2005 by Administrator

TruePosition today announced a hosted solution for wireless location, designed to help rural carriers meet the FCC’s E911 Phase II requirements.

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(USA) Google Debuts Local Mobile

Posted on 12 April, 2005 by Administrator

Google has developed a new service that enables cell phone users in the US to search Google Local directly from their mobile handset.

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(USA) CNET E911 Article

Posted on 8 April, 2005 by Administrator

CNET summary of VoIP E911 issues.

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(USA) AOL Offers VoIP, Joins NENA

Posted on 7 April, 2005 by Administrator

Now that AOL is offering VoIP to subscribers with E911 as a standard feature, they’ve joined NENA.

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(USA) FCC Enhanced 911 Site

Posted on 5 April, 2005 by Administrator

The FCC’s official site explaining the wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) rules.

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(USA) Vonage Defends Manually Activated 911 Calling

Posted on 5 April, 2005 by Administrator

Another article on the controversial Vonage VoIP 911 service, and the Texas attorney general’s lawsuit against them.

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HP To Deploy AGPS Smart Phones In May 2005

Posted on 4 April, 2005 by Administrator

More AGPS handsets are on the way.

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(USA) Washington State E911 Tax

Posted on 4 April, 2005 by Administrator

Washington State charges a monthly tax on land and wireless phone services to fund E911 services.

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(USA) Intrado Lands New Wireless E911 Deals

Posted on 4 April, 2005 by Administrator

Intrado announces E911 deals with SureWest Wireless and Immix Wireless.

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(USA) Sprint Announces Sprint PCS Phone SCP-200 by Sanyo

Posted on 3 April, 2005 by Administrator

Sprint’s affordable A-GPS enabled handset.

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palmOne Treo 650 Smartphone Review

Posted on 3 April, 2005 by Administrator

PalmInfoCenter’s review of the Treo 650, an A-GPS enabled combo phone/PDA.

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(USA) O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference

Posted on 1 April, 2005 by Administrator

An O’Reilly conference in San Francisco exploring emerging location-aware technologies.

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