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PlantCML(R) Showcases Next-Generation 9-1-1 Call Processing Solutions at the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Show
| Source: PlantCML
FORT WORTH, TX--(Marketwire - June 8, 2009) - Today, PlantCML® demonstrated two exciting
next generation solutions live in the NG9-1-1 Showcase and on the exhibit
floor at the 2009 National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Conference &
Trade Show. PlantCML presented its next generation IP (Internet Protocol)
Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) featuring VESTA® Pallas™, and the Burke
County, North Carolina Satellite Disaster Recovery Solution featuring the
PlantCML Sentinel® Patriot® and
Sentinel® CommandPost™
applications
With the next generation (NG) IP PSAP demonstration, PlantCML simulates an
emergency scenario where someone has dialed 9-1-1 in a small town. The
assessment by the call-taker determines the need for emergency airlift to a
bigger city. Demonstrating full interoperability and using an IP
consultative transfer and receipt capability on the PlantCML next
generation VESTA Pallas solution, the call is consultatively transferred to
the PSAP in the bigger city. Automatic Number Identification (ANI) and
Automatic Location Identification (ALI) are included in the IP triage to
the destination PSAP. This pure IP demonstration (no Local Exchange Carrier
tandem involved) showcases the rapid and efficient handling of voice and
data in an interoperable IP PSAP environment utilizing currently available
PlantCML NG911 solutions.
VESTA Pallas -- a complete, pre-configured and IP-based integrated solution
for small 9-1-1 call centers -- is featured at the NENA event's NG911
Showcase on Monday, June 8, and is available for viewing at the PlantCML
exhibit (Booth #301) during the remainder of the association's show.
"NENA's annual conference brings top 9-1-1 professionals together with
industry, federal, state and local government leaders, and provides a key
forum for our company to demonstrate its full range of next-generation
capabilities," said PlantCML Chief Executive Officer Tim Fuller. "As an
active member of NENA, PlantCML is fully committed to the association's
mission of making 9-1-1 and emergency communications work better."
The second next-generation demonstration involved a 34-foot trailer hosting
a satellite disaster recovery station that is used in live service in Burke
County, NC. A reliable, flexible answer for geographically dispersed
catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina, Burke County's satellite
disaster recovery station, integrated by Wireless Communications, uses the
PlantCML Sentinel Patriot and Sentinel CommandPost applications. This
solution enables 9-1-1 calls to be answered and managed when fixed-location
PSAPs become uninhabitable. The satellite disaster recovery station also
provides other voice and data services such as the county's CAD
application, radio, mapping and administrative phone lines.
"We're very happy with this remarkable accomplishment," said C.A. Patrick
Voigt, Burke County's Technology Coordinator. "We're extremely pleased with
the performance of the PlantCML solutions in the satellite-connected
environment and the way in which the overall project came together under
the leadership of Wireless Communications."
This vehicle-mounted mobile PSAP facility (exhibit #132) has been used in a
number of recent operational deployments, including a manhunt, a drowning,
an industrial accident, and in support of the annual Historic Morganton
Festival. The mobile trailer is equipped with three Sentinel Patriot
stations and two notebook-based Sentinel CommandPost units.
"Being entrusted by Burke County to lead the effort of integrating such an
innovative strategy and being able to provide the turn-key solution for the
mobile command unit was a huge win for Wireless Communications," said Bob
Haynes, Wireless Communications, Inc. Vice President of Business
Development.
"From a product point of view, this is prime example of the network
agnostic capability of the PlantCML IP solutions. They can be
interconnected via any packet network, providing superior quality of voice
and data service management," said Mahendra Soneji, Vice President of
Product Management for PlantCML. "The use of ultra-efficient voice
encoding, such as G.729, minimizes delay and optimizes voice quality in
this mobile application. We're pleased to be part of this end-to-end
solution for the 9-1-1 industry."
About Wireless Communications (www.wirelessnc.com)
Wireless Communications, Inc., with headquarters in Huntersville, NC, is a
nationally recognized integrator of mission critical voice and data
networks. Wireless provides a complete portfolio of design, implementation
and project management services to the public safety community.
About PlantCML®, an EADS North America Company (www.plantcml.com)
PlantCML, an EADS North America company, is the industry's leading provider
of crisis communications and response technologies. Today, PlantCML is
pioneering the next generation of E9-1-1 and secure network communications
through Voice over IP-enabled applications, interoperable P25 radio systems
and advanced emergency notification technologies. PlantCML solutions are
resident in 14 of the top 20 most populous U.S. cities and largest first
responder operations.