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Drew WilsonAugust 22, 2018

Ridesharing company Uber announced Wednesday that Pinellas County is now part of a pilot program to help emergency services respond more quickly to rider emergencies. Currently, Uber said, if a rider hits the “emergency button” in the app during their trip, their location data and the make, model and license plate number of the car […]

Peter SchorschJuly 31, 2017

Telecommunications giant Motorola Solutions announced Monday that it has hammered out details with aerospace company Airbus to acquire an emergency call handling company. Motorola will take over Plant Holdings, Inc., which owns Airbus DS Communications, and will add its VESTA software suite, including text-to-911, mapping, data management and analytics capabilities to the Motorola software portfolio. […]

Ryan RayOctober 29, 2015

A new bill filed Thursday morning would allow law enforcement and public safety agencies to track the location of emergency calls. The bill – SB 674 by Sen. Denise Grimsley – would provide that under certain circumstances, mobile telephone service providers turn over a user’s location. Specifically, service providers “must furnish call location information for the user of […]

Tag: emergency calls

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