"Cell Phone"
Platteville (Iowa) Police Ramp up Efforts to Recycle Used Phones for 9-1-1 Use
June 5, 2012PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The Platteville Police Department is ramping up efforts to benefit victims of domestic violence as well as senior citizens by recycling unused cellphones.
Read full articleMore of Maine’s 9-1-1 Cell Phone Calls to Be Routed to Local Police Agencies
May 16, 2012The method of how 9-1-1 calls are made has shifted dramatically over the past dozen years.
Read full articleWireless Providers to Disable Stolen Phones
April 10, 2012WASHINGTON (AP) — Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale of wireless devices.
Read full articleIn An Emergency, Law Enforcement May Be Out of Touch
November 17, 2011As more consumers ditch land lines for the convenience and lower costs of cellphones, they risk being left out of the loop for emergency notifications.
Read full articleELERTS Delivers Emergency Communications Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android
July 19, 2011BRAINTREE, Mass., July 20, 2011 — ELERTS, creators of an industry-first mobile platform for emergency notification, today announced the availability of its two-way mobile communication app that delivers critical information gathered from official sources and eyewitness reports. Available immediately in the iPhone/iPad App Store and via the Android Market, the ELERTS app provides the industry’s only crowdsourced smartphone platform for emergency alerting and management.
Read full articleCellcrypt Launches World’s First Full-Duplex Encrypted Voice Calling for BlackBerry Smartphones on CDMA Networks
June 2, 2011Washington, D.C – June 2nd, 2011: Cellcrypt (www.cellcrypt.com), the leading provider of encrypted voice calling on mobile phones, today announced that it has launched a full-duplex version of its Cellcrypt Mobile™ for BlackBerry® encrypted voice calling application for CDMA networks.
Read full articleiPhone Theft Suspects Tripped Up by GPS App
February 22, 2011Chicago — Ed Scanlan used his iPhone to fight back against the guys who allegedly mugged him. His secret weapon: a computer service that allows iPhone users to find their phones using GPS technology.
Read full articleiPhone AED App Could Help EMS
February 10, 2011The San Ramon (Calif.) Fire Department has created and put into civilian hands and iPhone app designed to alert CPR- and AED-trained bystanders within 500 feet of a cardiac arrest victim to the event so victims can receive immediate emergency assistance.
Read full articlePersonal 9-1-1 App from Chill List
October 15, 2010Austin, Texas — Chill List, a new iPhone application, uses social networking to boost the power of 911 emergency communications. …
Read full articleiPhone App Provides Real-Time Access to Response Activities
September 21, 2010A new — free — iPhone application provides a “virtual window” into one California agency’s dispatch and emergency response activities. The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s FireDepartment.org application is drawing rave reviews from local residents and first responders, as well as national and international interest. The application enables users to listen in real-time to the actions of dispatchers, firefighters and paramedics in San Ramon Valley.
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