New call-routing hardware on way to storm areas
Emergency Management Alert, September 23, 2007
This week we saw an item in the Wall Street Journal that bodes good news for those who have experienced communications problems during emergencies, if what WSJ tells us about a new switching system is more than public relations. According to a September 24 story, Aztek Networks started shipping its emergency call-routing device this past summer to telecom carriers in Iowa's Tornado Alley and other U.S. emergency hot spots.
WSJ tells us about the company's 5000S Emergency Stand Alone switching hardware. It's "about the size of a pizza box [and] continuously monitors a telecom carrier's network for interruptions or failures. If problems arise, the 5000S routes local 911 calls to emergency responders until the orignal connection is restored." The paper also mentions that Aztek raised $7.5 million in Series B funding led by Congress' Telecommunications Development Fund.
We'd provide a link to the story, but WSJ charges for its content and the link may not work. What the heck, here's Aztek's instead. i
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