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Globe/CP say BCE, others mull NG-911 service

2017-01-17 08:46 ET - In the News

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The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that lobby groups including the Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group say a hearing this week by the CRTC into expanding 911 service across the country is just the beginning of what is needed to upgrade services. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says that police services will need to train their 911 operators to deal with an influx of text messages and the potentially disturbing pictures and videos likely to be relayed by witnesses and victims alike, says CITIC boss Eric Torunski. When it comes to texting, "Somebody has to read the text, somebody has to interpret the text; some times it takes a lot longer than a voice call would take," said Mr. Torunski, who will be an intervenor at this week's hearing in Gatineau, Que. "Similar with pictures, you might be getting a picture that's not all that pleasant, say, of an accident scene. There's a lot of extra training that will go into that." Next-generation emergency services, referred to as NG-911, rely on Internet protocol broadband technology to allow the transmission not only of voice calls, but also text data, pictures and video. The CRTC will decide who will pay for the upgraded systems.

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