CTIA RESPONDS TO HOLLYWOOD2020 BLOG INQUIRY..here's an email from CTIA (the international association for the wireless communications industry). www.ctia.org.
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MEDIA INFORMATION FOR HURRICANE KATRINA 09/02/2005 (from the Verizon Wireless news center online). Last updated on Friday, September 2, 2005 Verizon Wireless Response and Recovery Efforts, click here. Where to Go to Make a Call and Verizon Wireless Communications Store Locations, click here. How to Donate Directly from a Verizon Wireless Phone, click here. OTHER UPDATES ON WIRELESS SERVICE FOLLOWING KATRINA from Google news search include: Wireless Services Returning After Massive Hurricane Disruption Next Phase announces donations:ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- NextPhase Wireless (OTCBB:NXPW), a connectivity company that specializes in integrated Internet, voice and data communication solutions, today announced that it will donate 50% of the monthly subscription fees from new wireless broadband installations throughout September to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. "Our thoughts are with those affected by Hurricane Katrina, as they rebuild their lives and their communities," said Robert Ford, NextPhase's President and CEO. "The Gulf States are counting on good corporate citizens and compassionate individuals throughout the country for help, and we felt that it was our civic duty to answer that call for help." CINGULAR JOINING IN: Cingular Wireless Provides Relief to Hurricane Katrina VictimsPR Newswire (press release), NY -
Houston-Area Hurricane Katrina Refugees Now Have Communication ...
(from BUSINESS WIRE): F4W, a leading developer of Tactical Wireless Solutions for public safety, emergency response and Homeland Security announced the deployment of the Tactical Wireless Emergency Broadband Network (TWEB(TM)) to assist disaster relief efforts in the hardest hit areas of Mississippi. Fire, rescue and law enforcement agencies from all over the country have responded with equipment and personnel to assist the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. F4W will deploy a TWEB network that provides secure wireless internet and phone service to multiple Mobile Command Centers and patrol vehicles from the various responding agencies. Additionally, F4W will deploy a Wireless Emergency Broadband Video (WEBV(TM)) network to provide wireless surveillance video of key intersections, staging areas and food distribution centers. "The tactical nature of this technology allows us to offer services not possible with other wireless or wired networks. We are able to deploy a network that covers several miles in a matter of hours, as was demonstrated by our deployment last year after hurricane Charley," said Harry Timmons, President of F4W THANKS TO ALL THE COMPANIES HELPING...we wish there was one central site for an update on all wireless and telecom services but we don't see that. We do feel that it is the role of a trade association to aggregate info about what its members are doing in a crisis and to disseminate that to the industry. Thanks to CTIA for the note. We're sorry that as of this writing a google search shows this sad news New Orleans Phones, Cell Networks Still Down KUDOS AGAIN TO SBC If any Hollywood2020 readers know of any updates on wireless carrier services, please let us know -- Kudos again to SBC for all of those great red phones on-location at the Astrodome and from what we heard via a FOX TV interview up to $4 million a month in free telecommunications services to Katrina evacuees. THAT IS REAL HELP |
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