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FCC Settles 911 Outage Incidents

Two companies will pay nearly $600,000 in civil penalties to resolve investigations by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into related outages of their respective 911 emergency networks. Issued... Read More...

Company Expands Recall of PERS Transmitters

Linear LLC of Carlsbad, CA has expanded the recall of its personal emergency reporting system (PERS) transmitters manufactured in China to include an additional 175,000 units. According to the company, the b... Read More...

Visonic Recalls Personal Emergency Response Kits

Visonic Ltd. of Westford, MA has announced the recall of about 1700 of its Amber SelectX-brand personal emergency response system kits manufactured in Israel. According to the company, the base station can f... Read More...

Text-to-911 Implementation Plan Set by FCC

The Federal Communications Commission has encouraged all wireless providers to begin implementing text-to-911 to ensure Americans will be able text 911 in the case of an emergency by the end of 2014.

Personal emergency response systems recalled

Visonic Ltd. of Westford, MA has issued a product recall for about 24,000 of its personal emergency response system kits manufactured in Israel. Visonic reports that, when the system’s base station is set to “c... Read More...

FCC releases report on amateur radio’s role in emergency communications

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its anticipated report on the uses and capabilities of amateur radio operations in emergency communications. Amateur radio operators have played a v... Read More...

Recalled satellite communicator can lose emergency communications capability

Spot LLC of Covington, LA has recalled about 15,400 of its Spot Satellite Communicators manufactured in China. According to the company, the Communicator’s internal voltage regulator can stop working, resulting... Read More...

FCC amends rules for amateur radio operators in emergencies

As expected, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has amended its regulations to allow amateur radio operators to participate in emergency and disaster preparedness drills, regardless of whether the radi... Read More...

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