Mobitex Network Architecture

Mobitex Network Architecture: "The MOBITEX architecture was originally developed by Swedish Telecom, now called Telia Mobitel, as a private mobile alarm system used by field personnel. However, mainly for economical reasons, it evolved into a public mobile radio service. Continuing development has been done by Eritel AB under the guidance of the MOA and Ericsson Mobile Communications AB."

Mobitex Applications

Mobitex Applications: "The primary reason that mobile data has managed to withstand the cellular phone networks competition so far, is the increased performance of data transmission. Mobile data systems are designed for packetswitched (“asynchronous”) rather than circuit-switched (“isochronous”) operation, the latter being the case for data over cellular. Therefore, communication resources are more efficiently utilized, resulting in superior overall performance and lower cost."

Mobitex Network Layer

Mobitex Network Layer: "Although the MOBITEX specification defines both packet-and circuit-switched (mainly for voice communication) transmission facilities, most operators are restricted to data communications and provide only packet-switched services. This is why the MOBITEX is mainly classified as a mobile data network despite the initial provision for voice communications."

Mobitex Applications

Mobitex Applications: "The primary reason that mobile data has managed to withstand the cellular phone networks competition so far, is the increased performance of data transmission. Mobile data systems are designed for packetswitched (“asynchronous”) rather than circuit-switched (“isochronous”) operation, the latter being the case for data over cellular. Therefore, communication resources are more efficiently utilized, resulting in superior overall performance and lower cost."

Mobitex Network Architecture

Mobitex Network Architecture: "The MOBITEX architecture was originally developed by Swedish Telecom, now called Telia Mobitel, as a private mobile alarm system used by field personnel. However, mainly for economical reasons, it evolved into a public mobile radio service. Continuing development has been done by Eritel AB under the guidance of the MOA and Ericsson Mobile Communications AB."

Mobitex Network Architecture

Mobitex Network Architecture: "The MOBITEX architecture was originally developed by Swedish Telecom, now called Telia Mobitel, as a private mobile alarm system used by field personnel. However, mainly for economical reasons, it evolved into a public mobile radio service. Continuing development has been done by Eritel AB under the guidance of the MOA and Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Commercial operation was introduced in Sweden in 1986; since then, a number of networks have been constructed in Europe, the United States, and Australia. Only the radio frequency differs, depending on the country: 900 MHz is used mainly in the United States and Canada; most other countries operate in the 450 MHz range. In the rest of this section the main functional elements of the MOBITEX network and the interfaces between these elements are defined. "

Location-enabled webfeed holds promis

Location-enabled webfeed holds promis: "THIS EDITION of NetSpeak explores the map mashup application landscape and examines the potential of GeoRSS, an RSS feed (webfeed) embedded with geographic data.
A distinct feature of the current on-line applications is the availability of tools for extracting information from them by other programs/services. By combining data obtained from such services with own data, developers generate new applications/services. Applications developed thus are generally known as mashups."

Germany's BKA Tests Criminal-ID Software Using RFID

Germany's BKA Tests Criminal-ID Software Using RFID: "The project's purpose is to determine if facial-recognition software can be used to pick out known criminals from a crowd moving through a train station.

Germany's Bundeskriminalamt (BKA, or Federal Criminal Investigation Office) is using RFID as part of a test of facial-recognition software. The trial began this month and will last until January."

VOIP and IPV6 set to impact Asia-Pac market

VOIP and IPV6 set to impact Asia-Pac market: "HONG KONG: The Asia-Pacific telecommunications market is seeing a dramatic change in the business landscape as players look for opportunities in new technologies like Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6).

The recent Asia-Pacific Wholesale Telecommunications Congress here has identified some of the profitable investment opportunities in the region via VoIP and IPV6."

Experts call for early launch of 3G in China

Experts call for early launch of 3G in China: "With the launch date for third generation mobile communication (3G) services in China still unclear, experts have called on the government to issue licenses quickly so that both operators and manufacturers can benefit.
Spectrum and capacity advantages will make 3G a valuable tool for providing better and cheaper rural coverage, thus encouraging operators to expand mobile services to western and rural areas of China, said Jean-Pierre Bienaime, chairman of UMTS Forum, at a forum here Friday. "

VOIP and IPV6 set to impact Asia-Pac market

VOIP and IPV6 set to impact Asia-Pac market: "HONG KONG: The Asia-Pacific telecommunications market is seeing a dramatic change in the business landscape as players look for opportunities in new technologies like Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6).

The recent Asia-Pacific Wholesale Telecommunications Congress here has identified some of the profitable investment opportunities in the region via VoIP and IPV6. "

World's first 4G phone

World's first 4G phone: "Tokyo truly is another planet. It’s a place where Harajuku girls look like pretty space pirates carrying the sweetest mobile phones capable of far more than you or I are used to. And it’s here in this sexy tech nirvana that the future of phones is being built, by Japan’s leading telecom company, NTT DoCoMo. I got rare exclusive access to their headquarters for a peek into what we can expect from our phones in less than a decade courtesy of 4G!"

Irish passports go RFID, and naked

Irish passports go RFID, and naked: "The Irish government has begun issuing RFID passports with biometric data that can be read at a distance to comply with US regulations for its visa waiver programme.
But unlike the RFID passports the USA is now issuing, the Irish ones lack a security feature preventing them from being skimmed, or read surreptitiously."

Mobile dating grips Mizoram youths

Mobile dating grips Mizoram youths: "After speed dating, a formalised matchmaking process, silent mobile short message service (SMS) engagement has become quite a rage now-a-days among youth in Mizoram.
According to the Mizo 'gen next', it is one of the best ways of finding their Mr or Miss Right, thanks to mobile phones and SMS. And hundreds of next generation members are signing up for these silent parties."

Jailed for SMS

Jailed for SMS: "Police say the SMS was a violation of a strict restraining order. The man in his 20s was out on trial release after being convicted in April for threats, vandalism and repeated violations of a restraining order by a family, newspaper Troms Folkeblad reports."

Play Sudoku for Free on Your Mobile Phone

Play Sudoku for Free on Your Mobile Phone: "M-SuDoKu is a free version of the popular puzzle game, Sudoku. Featuring a (virtually) unlimited number of games, multiple language support, and various difficulty levels, M-SuDoKu delivers the complete Sudoku experience to your mobile phone. M-SuDoKu is now available at http://www.mobilerated.com/dir/Application/1214/M-SuDoKu.html. MobileRated is a free games and entertainment web and wap portal."

Get BBC Sport on your mobile

Get BBC Sport on your mobile: "If you have an Internet-enabled (WAP) mobile phone, simply text 'My Club' followed by your club name (see below) to 81010.

For example, text: 'my club bath' to 81010. "

Privacy concerns dog RFID use

Privacy concerns dog RFID use: "Privacy concerns about the use of radio frequency identity (RFID) systems need to be resolved to ensure that the technology is widely accepted and used to its full potential, according to the initial findings of a European Commission (EC) public consultation.

The commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, said that the overriding message from the consultation was that the public still have concerns about RFID privacy issues. At the EU RFID Conference 2006, she outlined various steps to allay these concerns."

Google WiFi Plans Meet Politics

Google WiFi Plans Meet Politics: "It sounds like Google's Chris Sacca didn't have a lot of fun at a public discussion of Google and Earthlink plans for wireless broadband in San Francisco.
Something for nothing, in this case free WiFi for San Francisco, has drawn its share of contentious debate. That ratcheted up a notch at a town hall meeting in the city, where the process to deploy the WiFi solution by year's end appears to be in jeopardy."

Get ready for the 3G mobile revolution

Get ready for the 3G mobile revolution: "After the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recent recommendations on the introduction of faster mobile services, called the 3G (or third generation) or 'broadband of mobiles' in India, most handset manufacturers are gearing up not only themselves, but also their prospective customers for the new world.
Besides qualitative improvement in current services, 3G will enable faster Internet, mobile television, video-conferencing with DVD quality and many other services."

Get ready for the 3G mobile revolution

Get ready for the 3G mobile revolution: "After the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recent recommendations on the introduction of faster mobile services, called the 3G (or third generation) or 'broadband of mobiles' in India, most handset manufacturers are gearing up not only themselves, but also their prospective customers for the new world.
Besides qualitative improvement in current services, 3G will enable faster Internet, mobile television, video-conferencing with DVD quality and many other services."

Mobile Broadband to become standard feature in laptops

Mobile Broadband to become standard feature in laptops: "High-speed mobile broadband connectivity – powered by HSDPA - will soon become a standard feature of notebook PCs following the publication of guidelines, developed by a GSM Association-led initiative.

This initiative prescribes a common approach for PC manufacturers to fully integrate 3G functionality in their product ranges."

Mobitex Features and detailed discussion of Mobitex network

Mobitex Features and detailed discussion of Mobitex network: "Guaranteed and instant network access
The Mobitex network is always available and instantly accessible and devices are always online and ready to receive data or send notifications. There are no time-consuming call set-up or data activation procedures, and there are never any busy signals. Response times are short and access is instantaneous. Because packet switching does not require a dedicated connection, devices can remain online at all times, sending and receiving data as required by the application. "

What is Mobitex Network?

What is Mobitex Network?: "Mobitex has a number of key advantages compared with other technologies. It provides a highly secure environment, fast data delivery with round-trip message times of just seconds, the highest levels of reliability, the longest battery life in the wireless industry, true always-on push functionality and extensive, seamless coverage. "

Trojan using SMS messages to relay information, says McAfee

Trojan using SMS messages to relay information, says McAfee: "A backdoor trojan is using short message service (SMS) text messages to relay stolen information back to malicious users, according to one anti-virus vendor's research wing.
Similar malware usually employs email to relay the stolen information, according to researchers at McAfee Avert Labs."

Approach 4G Cautiously

Approach 4G Cautiously: "Wireless developers investing heavily in 4G must recall that companies supporting 3G invested billions in license fees, and have so far not made any profit. 3G is yet to become mainstream. There seems to be a divide between 3G equipment offered and the services available, thereby preventing consumers from making full use of 3G, and frustrating them. There does not seem to be any killer application pushing customers from 2/2.5G to 3G. "

Why Sprint says WiMax is 4G

Why Sprint says WiMax is 4G: "In a voice hoarse from a day of talking, the man in charge of 4G at US carrier Sprint dissects the physics of mobile WiMax, explains the economics of the Sprint network being built on it, analyses the need for a radically simple user experience and explains what it all means for his grandchildren in England."

Bluetooth - A uniting standard

Bluetooth - A uniting standard: "BLUETOOTH is a catchy and memorable name, but it would seem to have little to do with short-range ad-hoc networks (piconets) between compatible devices.
It's all the fault of the inventors, you see. The system is named after Harald Blatand, a Nordic king who ruled in the 10th century. "

Price war may impact VoIP

Price war may impact VoIP: "TT&T Plc is concerned that a new price war begun by mobile-phone operator Advanced Info Service will inevitably spill over to the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business unless interconnection charges are quickly implemented. Prasitchai Kritsanayunyong, the company's senior vice-president and head of corporate finance, said intense competition among mobile operators had hurt fixed-line companies, with long-distance revenue continuing to decline. "

Cannot get connected? it is due to congestion in Indian GSM networks

Cannot get connected? it is due to congestion in Indian GSM networks: "NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI on Saturday warned that the degree of congestion between telecom operators had reached alarming levels leading to poor service quality.

The results of data monitoring for June and July reveal that 'in a number of areas, the degree of congestion between the operators is alarming. In a number of cities, the level of congestion between the networks of different operators is far more than the notified benchmark,' TRAI said in a statement."

Indian Women Get SMS Security!

Indian Women Get SMS Security!: "ValueFirst launches SMS helpline @ 6070 for women employees, especially working in BPO industry.

Recently, there have been a lot of cases putting the security of working women, especially in the BPO industry, under threat. To bring back confidence to them , ValueFirst (www.vfirst.com), a MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator for data services) has launched a unique SMS helpline 6070 for the security of all working women."

Mobile phones morphing into hi-tech gizmos

Mobile phones morphing into hi-tech gizmos: "NEW DELHI: Don't just talk on your phone. That was the message loud and clear at the three-day Mobile Asia exhibition which took-off on Friday. The big daddies of the cellphone world Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG and many more tried to outdo each other on almost every feature on their cellphones, except voice."

Mapping ousts video as 3G killer app

Mapping ousts video as 3G killer app: "Analysts claimed today that video will not be the 'killer application' for 3G, as users demonstrate far greater interest in high-quality mapping and navigation services.

'Expanding the number of GPS or Assisted-GPS handsets from today's levels will be an important step for 3G carriers to provide the applications their customers really want,' said In-Stat analyst David Chamberlain."

Tsunami Warning Delivered Worldwide by SMS

Tsunami Warning Delivered Worldwide by SMS: "Tsunami Alarm System (TAS) will be delivered to your mobile phone as SMS before the arrival of a destructive wave, for you and your family safety, wherever you are on earth.

“Tsunami warning to mobile phone is a brand new service that will be useful of holiday tourist visiting Thailand resorts and other places in high-risk areas,” said a managing director of RM Consult, Roar Moe."

SDR Tuning Up To Provide Disaster Relief

SDR Tuning Up To Provide Disaster Relief: "Five years ago, the wireless industry was talking about the projected benefits of software-defined radio (SDR). Today, SDR products are emerging in virtually every sector of the communications industry. Encouraged by the Pentagon's Joint Tactical Radio System Joint Program Office (JTRS JPO) to adopt the SDR software architecture as a Department of Defense-wide operating system, major military equipment providers are developing and promoting SDRs."

Fewer people want 3G probably due to its cost : Study

Fewer people want 3G probably due to its cost : Study: "High cost and undesirable price plans to blame for lapsed 3G users, reveals TNS Global Technology Insight study

Despite mobile phone providers’ best efforts to recruit 3G customers, third generation technology remains a low priority for mobile users across the globe – and cost is the overriding factor. The annual Global Technology Insight (GTI) study by market information company TNS has identified little increase in 3G technology usage amongst consumers, who see the offer of mobile TV and surfing the net as 'costly and unnecessary services'."

The U.S. government is moving forward with RFID technology

The U.S. government is moving forward with RFID technology: "The U.S. government is moving forward with RFID technology, and the effects are expected to ripple across industry. The deployment of the technology within the Department of Defense is expected to drive a new wave of RFID use over the next 12 months as thousands of suppliers begin shipping cases and pallets affixed with RFID tags to DoD facilities."

India reports 6.2 million mobile subscribers surge

India reports 6.2 million mobile subscribers surge: "It has been a bumper addition of mobile subscribers in India this month. India has added 6.2 million mobile phone subscribers in September, making it one of the world's fastest growing markets for cellular phones, according to the latest industry data.
In the past few months mobile growth was in the range of 4-5 million new subscribers a month."

Sex advice for teens via SMS

Sex advice for teens via SMS: "Like it or not, most teenagers today are having sex. Now there is a controversial new campaign giving adolescents sex advice via text message.
Earlier this year a La Trobe University survey of 14,000 students found they were confused and ignorant about things such as safe sex and pregnancy. And that many sex education classes were woefully inadequate.
In addition, the conventional ways of finding out information, such as a doctor, or sexual health clinic, take a lot of time, scheduling and often embarrassment."

SMS friend lures teenager to leave home

SMS friend lures teenager to leave home: "JOHOR BARU: She racked up bills of more than RM100 every month, sending text messages to scores of strangers met through an SMS 'friendship' service.

Of these many 'phone pals', one in Butterworth, Penang, became 16-year-old Lew Mei Teng’s boyfriend."

Mum’s SMS friendship led to daughter’s death

Mum’s SMS friendship led to daughter’s death: "KUALA LUMPUR: It all started with text messages and three months later a housewife left Kuching, trusting that her new-found friend will help her find a job here.

Lee Chiew Siew paid heavily for that trust.

The 30-year-old woman witnessed how her three-year-old daughter, Mavis Jing Wen Suan, was tortured by the man."

Bitter old man rails at today's youth culture

Bitter old man rails at today's youth culture: "Call me a curmudgeon, but I'm getting sick of this 'today's youth is different' crap.
All this garbage about how they are children of the digital age and just take to technology naturally and don't know of a time before the Internet.
I heard it all again this weekend in Washington D.C. at a conference of the Online News Association. One of the presentations, 'Multitasking youth detail news consumption habits', was meant to show us how plugged-in today's young people are and how we in the media business just don't understand them and continue to misfire in reaching them with our old ways."

‘Talk to me’ SMS coming soon

‘Talk to me’ SMS coming soon: "NEW DELHI: Bubble Talk, a voice SMS facility, will soon be available to mobile phone users across the country, from the United States-based Bubble Motion.

The company is planning to launch its talking SMS service, available in select circles through Airtel, across India in the next two months and is in talks with various operators in the country. "

Your SMS style can reveal your identity!

Your SMS style can reveal your identity!: "Every quirk of your handwriting may be characteristic of your individual style, but now experts are trying to find whether a particular style of texting could also be linked to a person.
Psychologists are examining text messages sent in by more than 160 members of the public to see if an individual's 'text-speak' style can be pinpointed in a similar way to their handwriting."

Second thoughts on 3G

Second thoughts on 3G: "This is the ultimate irony. The country’s cellular mobile operators who’re arguing that 3G licences are not a new service, and therefore cannot be auctioned, are essentially relying upon a change in their licence conditions made at the time when Reliance and the Tatas gained a backdoor entry into the mobile telephony market in 2003. Something they objected to at that point of time! Under the original licence, the only mobile telephony that could be provided was a 2G one. It was only when the government decided to allow the fixed-line telecom providers to provide full-blown mobility using CDMA technology that the Unified Access Services Licence (UASL) dropped the term 2G and the scope got broadened to “provision of all types of access services”, which, you could argue, includes 3G services as well. "

Educating the Public About RFID

Educating the Public About RFID: "AIM Global and many of its member companies have worked toward educating consumers about RFID and addressing their privacy concerns.

As Mark Roberti correctly points out in his editorial It's Time to Address Privacy, there is—and has been for some time—an acute need for consumer education about RFID, and for better, broader efforts to address privacy concerns."

Educating the Public About RFID

Educating the Public About RFID: "AIM Global and many of its member companies have worked toward educating consumers about RFID and addressing their privacy concerns.

As Mark Roberti correctly points out in his editorial It's Time to Address Privacy, there is—and has been for some time—an acute need for consumer education about RFID, and for better, broader efforts to address privacy concerns."

Pornography finds a new home on 3G mobiles

Pornography finds a new home on 3G mobiles: "CONVERGENCE is an over-used word, but we are short of any other label to describe what is happening as computers, consumer devices and appliances ranging from DVD players to fridges and ovens, phones and hand-held devices became more interconnected.
Two years ago it was possible, in the United States, to buy kitchen appliances that could be controlled over the internet by a computer anywhere in the world.
Now that same power is coming to the next mobile phone most of us will buy as we join the internet-enabled world of third-generation mobile technology."

GSM LA: Govt should reserve spectrum for mobile TV

GSM LA: Govt should reserve spectrum for mobile TV: "The Chilean government should set aside spectrum for mobile digital television to take advantage of mobile telephony coverage and penetration nationwide, Juan Carlos Jil, executive director of the GSM Association in Latin America told press.
The executive spoke during a seminar related to the benefits of digital television and the importance of selecting the most appropriate standard for the country."

WiMAX the broadband answer

WiMAX the broadband answer: "The time for WiMAX is now. That is the word from Gerard Rebelo, acting chief executive of the Carrier Division of Saab Grintek, who was speaking on a live Summit TV broadcast from SATNAC, the South African Telecommunication and Network Applications Conference hosted annually by Telkom.
Rebelo said that WiMAX is an exciting broadband delivery system, which has seen a very large amount of money invested in its development. He said that from the start of the development process, industry had formed the WiMAX forum, a non-profit organisation promoting and certifying compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products. This ensures that equipment from various manufacturers can work together in one network providing operators with the flexibility to interoperate with equipment from various suppliers."

GPRS-based parking guidance system more affordable for German city

GPRS-based parking guidance system more affordable for German city: "Siemens has launched an affordable parking guidance system in Munich that uses GPRS via cellular networks to eliminate the need for wires and underground connections.

The GPRS transmissions transfer data and control signals among all of the German inner city's 25 parking garages."

Cell Phone Worms, VoIP Fraud to Grow in 2007

Cell Phone Worms, VoIP Fraud to Grow in 2007: "'The challenge with cell phones is that there isn't a ubiquitous operating system,' Gregg Mastoras, a senior security analyst with Sophos told TechNewsWorld. 'We're not talking about computers where Microsoft owns 95 percent of the world. Cell phones have plenty of different operating systems, and for that reason, they're much harder to attack on a large scale.'
Cell phone worms and VoIP fraud are among the top 10 security threats to watch next year, according to a panel of experts assembled by the SANS Institute."

Price of 3G handset a challenge for manufacturers

Price of 3G handset a challenge for manufacturers: "NEW DELHI: With every mobile operator anxious about launching the 3G services, the biggest challenge would be for the handset manufacturers by offering affordable 3G enabled handset.

According to reports there are around 5 per cent handsets, which has 3G enabled feature in it and are not available in the low-end segment. This would be a stumbling block for the operators to offer the 3G services to the rural masses."

Can SMS be used as evidence in court?

Can SMS be used as evidence in court?: "SHAH ALAM: The High Court will decide on Dec 7 whether to allow as evidence the SMS and phone calls made by Tengku Teh Susilawati Tengku Akhirat to her sister Tengku Teh Suhira.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Salehuddin Saidin said the SMS and calls should not be regarded as hearsay.
Last week, defence counsel G. Subramaniam Nair, in his submission, said they should not be admissible. "

WiMAX the broadband answer

WiMAX the broadband answer: "The time for WiMAX is now. That is the word from Gerard Rebelo, acting chief executive of the Carrier Division of Saab Grintek, who was speaking on a live Summit TV broadcast from SATNAC, the South African Telecommunication and Network Applications Conference hosted annually by Telkom."

Fighting crime with SMS alerts

Fighting crime with SMS alerts

"PETALING JAYA: Subang Jaya and USJ residents have come up with their own SMS alert system called the SJ Alert to jointly fight crime with the police and tackle issues affecting the local community.
The service, initiated by the USJ Residents Association (USJRA), issues alerts via SMS to registered subscribers on crime, emergencies, disruption of services and even community events in Subang Jaya, USJ and Putra Heights. "

IM VoIP, the Next Big Thing, Draws Nearer

IM VoIP, the Next Big Thing, Draws Nearer

"There’s a lot of back and forth in this story about the internal plumbing of instant messaging VoIP services. The issue is which systems are “open.” This is an important topic because such systems enable designers to create services in which users of one service can reach subscribers of another.
A Google Talk executive claims its Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) standard — also known as Jabber — is a truly open platform. Jabber, the piece points out, underpins IM VoIP systems from iChat and Trillian."

WiMax group founded

WiMax group founded

"Telecom and Woosh have joined a fledgling group for owners of WiMax radio spectrum.
The WiMax Spectrum Owners Group, founded last week, is intended to speak with a single voice to vendors, government regulators and the WiMax Forum, which is developing the standard.
WiMax is a wireless technology championed by chip-maker Intel that promises broadband speeds over a radius of many kilometres."

RFID Reaches the Legal Limit

RFID Reaches the Legal Limit

"I've just returned from our RFID Journal Industry Summits conference in Chicago. The event featured a lot of great content, and we'll be writing a number of articles about issues raised and case studies presented at the event over the next couple of weeks.
What struck me most at the Industry Summits was the realization that radio frequency identification has matured to the point that both end users and vendors are going to start facing legal and public-policy issues on an ongoing basis."

SMS revolution in Lanka Bell ‘Keti Katha

SMS revolution in Lanka Bell ‘Keti Katha

"Lanka Bell landmark innovation in Sri Lankan telephony, with its launch of ‘Keti Katha’ re-invents SMS. It is cost effective with only cents 0.75 per message enables Lanka Bell customers to be in touch with friends and family, locally and overseas with its strong Sri Lankan flavored name.
Lanka Bell telephones have become an integral part of Sri Lankan family as it upgrades the facilities and introduce latest features where they fulfill their promise to bring world class telephony to Sri Lankan people. said Suren "

911 dispatchers unable to find callers on VoIP

911 dispatchers unable to find callers on VoIP

"Area residents who sign up for the latest telecommunications technology — Voice over Internet Protocol phone service, or VoIP — could be cutting themselves off from quick and effective emergency services response.
Dispatchers in the Lackawanna County Communications Center may not be able to pinpoint the location of someone who uses VoIP to call 911, officials say."