Sprint, ICOP Launch Surveillance And Communications Service For Emergencies

Sprint has teamed up with ICOP to launch a community-based surveillance and communications service for emergency situations which will use Sprint’s broadband network. Both companies will market the service, targeting local first responder agencies, schools, banks, commercial and municipal buildings and government facilities. The use of mobile networks to disseminate information in an emergency is becoming more common, although this is the first US carrier-sponsored effort that I know of. The ICOP solution will deliver live streaming video and audio to and from first responder vehicles to their headquarters and Sprint smartphones, laptops and other web- enabled computing devices. It will also provide access to things such as maps, floor plans and so on.

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