An Update of Public-Safety LTE Deployment Efforts Around Europe
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Countries around Europe find themselves in different stages in the process of deploying public-safety LTE capabilities. Officials from five European countries offered an update on their progress in deploying the capabilities during a webinar hosted by TCCA.
Belgium
In Belgium, the Astrid TETRA network provides voice services to public protection and disaster relief (PPDR), and in 2014, added data communications for its users through the Blue Light Mobile service. However, the Blue Light Mobile service is still a limited data solution as it does not meet mission-critical requirements.
In 2015, Astrid had to decide what it wanted to with the network moving forward because of its place in the equipment lifecycle, said Christoph Gregoire, director of technology and operations at Astrid. At that point, LTE and other new technologies were not mature so the operator chose to move forwar
ACUITY by Tyto Athene & MicroAutomation Launch NG 9-1-1 Solution
Next-Gen 911 services are essential today as we advance the landscape for emergency response communications. The call centers that deal with these challenging communications must have advanced tools and systems that improve operations, increase life-saving services, and are reliable.
In a move to provide better solutions and assist PSAPs in meeting the NENA Continuity of Operations Plan, systems integrator Tyto Athene recently announced a partnership between the company’s ACUITY by Tyto Athene offering and MicroAutomation (News - Alert). Together they have launched an NG911 solution that includes a Continuity of Operations Plan. That means it can be used as either a primary or secondary data center and protects operators from network failure and loss of access to critical information and emergency applications.
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ACUITY® by Tyto Athene Partners with MicroAutomation to Launch ACUITY NG 9-1-1 Solution
February 26, 2021 GMT
HERNDON, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 26, 2021
Tyto Athene, LLC, a full-service systems integrator and inventor of ACUITY by Tyto Athene, is excited to announce in partnership with MicroAutomation, a leading provider of contact center and 911 solutions, including Omni911, the launch of the ACUITY Next Generation 9-1-1 Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) solution.
Tyto Athene’s ACUITY Micro Data Center was developed to deliver mission-critical edge processing, analytics and unified communications in a turn-key solution that only weighs 30 pounds. Before ACUITY, setting up communications in adverse conditions required truckloads of equipment and up to 20 or more personnel. Tactical teams were often forced to use ad-hoc solutions that were not interoperable, leaving even more issue
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The FBI has warned that telephony denial-of-service attacks are taking aim at emergency dispatch centers, which could make it impossible to call for police, fire or ambulance services.
Telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks, which affect the availability and readiness of call centers, are hitting critical first-responder facilities, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
A TDoS attack is designed to prevent incoming and outgoing calls, by flooding a target with junk calls.
“The objective is to keep the distraction calls active for as long as possible to overwhelm the victim’s telephone system, which may delay or block legitimate calls for service,” according to a recent announcement from the FBI.