Category Archives: E911

palmOne Treo 650 Smartphone Review

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

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

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(USA) Appointees to the Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board in Kansas

Names the nine people who have been appointed to the Kansas Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board.

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VoIP’s E911 Call For Help

More opinions on the Vonage VoIP E911 case.

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(USA) Help for E911

The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, wants to change the law to allow a higher surcharge on phone accounts to fund E911 operation and improvements.

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(USA) Rural wireless carriers get Phase II E911 waivers

The FCC granted 32 whole or partial waivers for rural wireless carrier enhanced 911 Phase II obligations, and denied or dismissed eight other requests.

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(USA) Triton PCS Purchases TechnoCom’s LocatePredict Platform

Triton PCS has purchased TechnoCom’s LocatePredict to help ensure their location technologies meet FCC mandates.

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The Last Known Location of E-OTD – Whitepaper

Describes the problems E-OTD technology is having meeting FCC requirements.

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(USA) Vonage Sued Over 911 Calling

The Texas state attorney general has file a suit against Vonage because their VoIP service can’t call 911.

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(USA) Kansas gives $3M grant for E911

The Kansas Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board has awarded $3 million in grant money for 34 Kansas PSAPs throughout the state.

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(USA) Some Bumps Ahead for E911

FCC stands firm on Dec 31 deadline, NENA stats on Phase I and II compliance, cost issues for Tier 3 carriers.

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