Category Archives: USA

Articles relating to mobile location services in the USA.

(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) 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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(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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(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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(USA) Keeping Tabs On Teens

Posted on 30 March, 2005 by Administrator

Outlines a variety of ways to track your children and loved ones, with their permission.

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

Posted on 29 March, 2005 by Administrator

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

Posted on 27 March, 2005 by Administrator

More opinions on the Vonage VoIP E911 case.

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(USA) Help for E911

Posted on 26 March, 2005 by Administrator

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

Posted on 25 March, 2005 by Administrator

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

Posted on 25 March, 2005 by Administrator

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

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(USA) Vonage Sued Over 911 Calling

Posted on 25 March, 2005 by Administrator

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

Posted on 18 March, 2005 by Administrator

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) Nextel and MapQuest Launch Location-Based Service on GPS Mobile Phones

Posted on 15 March, 2005 by Administrator

Nextel and MapQuest have joined forces to introduce a variety of location-based services that work exclusively with Nextel’s GPS-enabled mobile phones.

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