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How Comtech Fits into Next Generation 9-1-1

How Comtech Fits into Next Generation 9-1-1

The public safety ecosystem is experiencing a massive disruption with the advent of Next Generation 9-1-1. The previous generation of emergency …
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How WEA Can Prevent Disaster, Save Lives, and Keep the Public Safe

How WEA Can Prevent Disaster, Save Lives, and Keep the Public Safe

Recently, a record-breaking heatwave strained California's power grid. The demand for air-conditioning was soaring and put the state at risk for …
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The Importance of Managing GIS Data for NENA i3 Compatibility

The Importance of Managing GIS Data for NENA i3 Compatibility

With something as crucial as public safety, guidelines and standards are in place to ensure appropriate emergency responses. The 9-1-1 Association …
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Actionable Location Intelligence for Emergency Communications Centers

Actionable Location Intelligence for Emergency Communications Centers

One of the most important jobs of an Emergency Communications Center (ECC) Director is to manage resources including technology, staff, and data. All …
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Improving ECC Response Time

Improving ECC Response Time

Seconds matter to Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs), where answering 911 calls quickly can save a life. Ninety-five percent of all 911 calls …
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How Device and Human Generated Data Impact Public Safety Response

How Device and Human Generated Data Impact Public Safety Response

Effective Emergency Communications Center (ECC) response requires accurate and relevant information provided logically to achieve comprehensive …
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Moving Your ECC to the Cloud

Moving Your ECC to the Cloud

Public safety agencies must continuously update their technological prowess to provide more responsive, accurate, and well-informed emergency …
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Lessons from Colonial Pipeline- How Your Company Can Avoid Ransomware Attacks

Lessons from Colonial Pipeline- How Your Company Can Avoid Ransomware Attacks

On May 7, Colonial Pipeline suffered a devastating malware attack deployed by the Eastern European Ransomware as a Service (RAAS) practitioner …
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Comtech's Role in Public Safety

Comtech's Role in Public Safety

Comtech Location Technologies President Jay Whitehurst discusses the organization's role in public safety with a new product called Situational …
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Situational Awareness in Public Safety

Situational Awareness in Public Safety

Situational Awareness is the ability to collate information from multiple sources in real- time to present actionable insights. Constructing …
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Device-Based Hybrids Solution for Mobile Network Operators in Canada

Device-Based Hybrids Solution for Mobile Network Operators in Canada

Handset-Based Location Implementation in Canada E9-1-1 Phase II location functionality has enabled accurate locations for many wireless emergency …
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Comtech's 5G Core Announcement

Comtech's 5G Core Announcement

Comtech Location Technologies President Jay Whitehurst announces Comtech's foray into 5G using a cloud native approach to quickly, efficiently and …
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What Your Business Needs: Trusted Map Data for Increased Profits and Efficiency

What Your Business Needs: Trusted Map Data for Increased Profits and Efficiency

In a connected world, location and maps have become a vital part of most applications. Nearly every business has a need for affordable, viable, …
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5G: From Public Safety Requirements to Network Slice

5G: From Public Safety Requirements to Network Slice

Fifth Generation Network (5G) is poised to bring in a radical paradigm shift in the communication industry. It is disrupting the current norm of the …
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How Comtech Location Technologies is Addressing COVID-19

How Comtech Location Technologies is Addressing COVID-19

We are in front of a unique challenge today with the spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent impact to society. To the extent we can, we are working …
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Indian Motorcycle Upgrades with Premium Navigation from Comtech

Indian Motorcycle Upgrades with Premium Navigation from Comtech

Comtech Location Technologies has teamed up with Indian Motorcycle to build a motorcycle-specific navigation platform for its Ride Command System. …
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Disruption of Location Based Services with 5G

Disruption of Location Based Services with 5G

Background In the beginning of the mobile era, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) needed to know the position of the mobile device in order to route the …
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3 Industries Besides Telecom That Will be Revolutionized by Location of Things

3 Industries Besides Telecom That Will be Revolutionized by Location of Things

The widespread smartphone revolution of the past decade-plus has made almost every tech user's lives simpler. Through a small handheld device, we can …
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5G and Location Services

5G and Location Services

You're approaching a deadline on a massive project – but you're traveling on business and your 4G LTE speeds are lacking in the city you're in, or …
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Three Vital Uses for Precise Indoor Location

Three Vital Uses for Precise Indoor Location

To understand the usefulness of technology that pinpoints a precise indoor location, consider the simplest examples. When was the last time you …
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Surprising Ways Location Services and Network Communications Improve Every Day Lives

Surprising Ways Location Services and Network Communications Improve Every Day Lives

Many people think of location as a tool used for driving - they often refer to it as "GPS". But GPS is only one of the signals used in location …
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Why Design with Open-Source Maps?

Why Design with Open-Source Maps?

When you need to get someone from point A to point B in the most expeditious way, digital maps coupled with GPS technology are essential. The same …
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Comtech Enterprise Technologies Promotes Skip Hines to Chief Technology Officer

Comtech Enterprise Technologies Promotes Skip Hines to Chief Technology Officer

Jay Whitehurst President at Comtech Enterprise Technologies We are incredibly excited to announce that Skip Hines has been promoted to Chief …
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IoT And The Power of Where

IoT And The Power of Where

Everyday an incredible amount of data is being created. This data will be captured by a broad range of smart "things" that will be distributed …
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