Communications

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 1, 2009 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) demonstrated the ability to communicate in real time with a submerged submarine at classified speeds and depths.

This capability, which addresses one of the most significant shortfalls in submarine communications, was exhibited for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during an at-sea trial of Raytheon's Deep Siren Tactical Paging (DSTP) system.

The U.K. Ministry of Defence reported that Deep Siren demonstrated "the first step toward a transformational capability that will change the way we operate submarines in the future."

The evaluation, which took place during the U.K. Royal Navy's TAURUS 09 deployment, follows U.S. Navy testing conducted in 2008 that culminated with a successful military utility assessment.    » read more »

State-of-the-Art, 51-Foot Rig Joins Company's Large Disaster-Recovery Fleet

May 14, 2009 -- BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Verizon Business has introduced a new 51-foot mobile command center equipped with the latest highly sophisticated communications equipment. The big rig also provides ample space for company employees, public officials and other emergency responders during natural disasters or human-caused events that affect Verizon's communications network in the U.S.    » read more »

Waterloo, ON, July 23, 2008 – Edel Ebbs, Vice-President, Investor Relations at Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) will present at the RBC Technology, Media and Communications Conference 2008 in San Francisco, CA on Wednesday, August 6, 2008. The presentation, which is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time, will be available via live audio webcast on RIM’s website and can be accessed by logging on at rim.com/investors/events/index.shtml. A replay of the event will also be available on the website for two weeks following the event.

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Washington, DC, 7/17/2008 – Americans’ online privacy was discussed today at a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. The hearing, titled “What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use: Deep Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies,” was meant to shed light on the practice of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) by Internet service providers (ISPs). DPI allows ISPs to track users’ Internet browsing activities and can be data mined for targeted marketing purposes. The ACLU urges members of the committee to be wary of the privacy landmines inherent in DPI.

The following can be attributed to Timothy Sparapani, ACLU Senior Legislative Counsel:    » read more »

Grant Will Enhance Fire and Police Response in NYC, Westchester and Long Island

April 16, 2008 -- New York Governor David A. Paterson today announced that $34 million in homeland security grant funds have been awarded to the New York City urban area as part of the federal government’s Urban Area Security Initiative.

FDNY fire truck: Photo by Sergio Calleja (CC)

The funds are made available through the federal Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) Grant Program that will help fire, police and other first responders better communicate during emergencies.    » read more »

Statewide radio network will aid first responders

December 20, 2007 -- A group charged with establishing a plan to implement statewide communications interoperability has been formed by Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

The Kansas Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, created by Executive Order 07-27, will develop the policies, procedures and guidelines of a statewide system designed to allow emergency service providers the ability to communicate with one another over a radio network.    » read more »

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 18, 2007 -- HP today announced a portfolio of solutions to help communications, media and entertainment companies unlock the value that exists within their vast stores of customer and operational data.

HP CentralView business software solutions, supported by professional services, provide communications, media and entertainment (CME) companies with a single, intelligent view of customer-related data as well as the monitoring and analysis tools to rapidly transform that data into actionable business information for decision-makers.    » read more »

BURBANK, Calif., September 11, 2007 – Bob Iger, president and chief executive officer, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at approximately 12:00 p.m. EDT/9:00 a.m. PDT.

To listen to a live Webcast of the session, please point your browser to www.disney.com/investors approximately five minutes prior to the start time. A re-play will be provided through Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. PDT.

Source: The Walt Disney Company

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., August 6, 2007 -- Two-way voice signal reaches depths beyond 300 feet in experimental mine

UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania, - Rigorous testing at the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine last month proved the viability of Vital Alert Technologies' system for emergency warning, evacuation, and rescue communications.    » read more »

TALLAHASSEE, July 30, 2007 – Florida Governor Charlie Crist today appointed Anthony De Luise to serve as press secretary for the Executive Office of the Governor.    » read more »

20 June 2007 -- The fate of the iconic American media enterprise, Dow Jones and Company, remains unsettled six weeks after Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation launched its hostile take over bid. A fast-changing, increasingly fragmented media market has produced turmoil on Wall Street and in America's newsrooms.    » read more »

May 14, 2007 -- PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command is "very pleased" with the federal agency interoperability displayed in Ardent Sentry - Northern Edge '07, an emergency response training exercise that began April 30 and will continue through May 17.    » read more »

Supporters Can Text "Join" to 77007 to Receive Regular Campaign Updates

5/14/2007 -- When Hillary Clinton said she wanted to have a conversation with Americans, she really meant it. She's been visiting Americans in their local communities and has done live video conversations on the Internet, now she's taking it to a whole new level: text messaging Americans throughout the country.    » read more »

May 7, 2007 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today said that the state of Connecticut is buying $1 million worth of new communications equipment intended to make it easier for local police and fire supervisors from different towns to talk to each other on their portable radios, even if they have different radio frequencies and/or systems. The Governor thanked the Connecticut Public Safety State Interoperability Committee of the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for developing and implementing this innovative system.    » read more »