Frontier Communications Sells Next-Generation 9-1-1 Systems to Six New York Counties
July 07 2015 - 2:27PM
Business Wire
Yates, Seneca, Fulton, Montgomery, Rockland,
Chemung counties and the City of Elmira upgrade to state-of-the-art
9-1-1 communications systems
Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:FTR) announced today that it
recently completed four separate sales with six New York counties
for next-generation capable 9-1-1 communications systems. These
sales are in addition to Frontier’s 9-1-1 state-of-the-art system
sale to Monroe County and the City of Rochester, N.Y., in the
second half of 2014.
The systems were sold to counties within and outside of
Frontier’s traditional service footprint in New York, with some
counties partnering on a joint purchase. The featured equipment in
all sales is the Airbus DS VESTA 4 system, a state-of-the-art
IP-based integrated communications system that provides full
redundancy and allows call takers to set up in a mobile environment
in the event of evacuation. The new systems also provide more
detailed and comprehensive reporting, enabling users to better
analyze call data. In addition, they are next-generation 9-1-1
ready and capable of transmitting text, data and video images to
9-1-1 centers.
The contracts include:
- Yates and
Seneca counties -- Yates and Seneca counties
jointly purchased the Airbus Vesta platform. Deployed in a
geo-diverse fashion, one-half of the system resides respectively in
each county. The connections between the two halves ensure that if
there is service or emergency issues on one side, the other side of
the system is designed to pick up and seamlessly handle calls.
- Chemung County
and City of Elmira –The County of Chemung and the City
of Elmira contracted with Frontier for the standalone geo-diverse
capable Airbus Vesta 4 system upgrade and equipment
maintenance.
- Fulton and
Montgomery counties – Both counties in Upstate New York
contracted with Frontier to share a geo-diverse Airbus Vesta 4
system that will provide full redundancy.
- Rockland
County – The Rockland County purchase comprised
six upgraded geo-diverse capable Airbus Vesta 9-1-1 systems
deployed to the towns of Ramapo, Orangetown, Haverstraw, Spring
Valley, Suffern and Stony Point. Each of these sites will also
purchase INdigital’s Textty, a text-to-911 product that is the
basis of much of the next-generation 9-1-1 upgrading
process. The texTTY platform provides text messaging to and
from 9-1-1 services via smartphones, tablets, hotspots and other
text-capable devices.
“We are very pleased to be selected to deliver innovative,
next-generation capable 9-1-1 systems to counties and cities within
Frontier’s service footprint and also to those outside of our
service area,” said Kevin Smith, Senior Vice President and General
Manager of Frontier’s New York operations. “These sales demonstrate
that Frontier is recognized as a reliable, expert partner that
designs and delivers leading-edge communications solutions to meet
the needs of our customers, wherever they may be located.”
About Frontier
Communications
Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) offers
broadband, voice, video, wireless Internet data access, data
security solutions, bundled offerings, specialized bundles for
residential customers, small businesses and home offices and
advanced communications for medium and large businesses in 28
states. Frontier's approximately 17,800 employees are based
entirely in the United States. More information is available at
www.frontier.com.
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