AT&T and Verizon Chosen to Provide Cellular Communications in Emergency

I've written a post about Sprint offering its iDen network to the Obama administration as a network that can provide cellular communications in emergency situations. However, it seems that the Federal Emergency Management Administration or FEMA has tapped other carriers to provide cellular communications in emergency situations.

According to the folks at RCR Wireless News, FEMA has picked AT&T and Verizon as the most suitable carriers that can offer cellular communications in emergency response situations. These networks will be responsible for bringing cellular communications in emergency cases involving the nation.

Let's look at why AT&T was picked by FEMA. According to the cellular communications in emergency plan, AT&T will provide wireless and Wi-Fi services on a daily basis. AT&T's services will power FEMA's day-to-day operations.

Under FEMA's cellular communications in emergency plan, AT&T will provide 16,000 wireless devices that include wireless cards, smartphones and various other handsets. Voice and data communications as well as e-mail solutions for the wireless handsets will be available. AT&T Handsets with push-to-talk capabilities will also be use for providing cellular communications in emergency situations.

On the other hand, Verizon Wireless, role in this cellular communications in emergency scheme is to provide communication in cases of emergencies. The Verizon Wireless handsets and devices that will be used in cellular communications in emergency situations are being stockpiled in a warehouse.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration has also assigned Stratus Technologies to provide satellite assistance in this cellular communications in emergency plan.

According to experts, FEMS relies heavily on wireless networks and satellites for communications in emergency because most networks knocked during disasters. The agency wants communications to be restored as soon as possible during national emergencies.

This ends this update on FEMA's plans for restoring cellular communications in emergency. Tune in to this blog for more wireless network news and updates.

Verizon Wireless to Deploy LTE 4G Wireless Network

Verizon Wireless revealed their plans to hasten the arrival of Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G wireless networks. The wireless service provider realized that LTE 4G wireless network is the next big thing in the industry.

The Verizon LTE 4G wireless network will be launched commercially in 2010 with the help of its newly acquired 700 MHz spectrum. The 700 MHz spectrum for the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network covers the entire US, excluding Alaska.

According to the the official press release, Verizon LTE 4G wireless network trials the technology is capable of delivering peak speeds of 50-60 Mbps. The tests are currently being held in Minneapolis, Columbus, Ohio, and northern New Jersey. However, speeds for the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network in the real-world has not yet been determined.

Tests are being held in on uncluttered airwaves but the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network trials show that the technology can offer significantly faster speeds than the existing 3G wireless networks.

The Verizon LTE 4G wireless network will not be limited to populated areas. Verizon plans to deploy this telecommunication technology in rural areas not covered by land-based broadband. The trials for the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network will be expanded this summer in the 700 MHz band.

The major wireless service carrier plans to aggressively deploy the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network throughout its entire network. These plans also extend to places that are not currently covered by the existing Verizon Wireless footprint.

Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent has been chosen as the primary network vendors for the promising Verizon LTE 4G wireless network. Starent was also named as a packet core vendor for this new wireless technology. Verizon has also chosen Nokia Siemens and Alcatel-Lucent as key suppliers for a new IMS network that will deliver new converged multimedia services.

The Verizon LTE 4G wireless network is the rival of Sprint's WiMAX which also delivers 4G standard speeds. Like the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network, Sprint's WiMAX is also supported by major firms like Intel. AT&T is also expected to roll our its own LTE network while T-Mobile is still establishing its infant 3G network.

The tests are promising but we'll just jhave to wait and see if the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network can change the industry. Tune in to this blog to get more info and news on topics like the Verizon LTE 4G wireless network.

T-Mobile Offers New UMA WiFi Wireless Network Service for Business Customers

T-Mobile has just offered a new UMA WiFi wireless network service for corporate users. This new service has been offered in coordination with Meru Networks and is similar with the existing Hotspot @Home service. The new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service offers seamless mobility between cellular and Wi-Fi wireless networks for business users.

The new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service is available to businesses that suffer from poor indoor coverage. Business will get improved indoor coverage with the help of the new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service. This new service will offer improved coverage which is valuable for any business these days.

Here's how the new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service works. With the help of UMA-capable handsets, business users will be able to switch between cell networks and internal, secure enterprise Wi-Fi networks for calling. Of course, a handset must support WiFi in order to use the new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service.

But how can business users benefit from the new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service? Well improved indoor coverage offered by this service allows businesses to save on phone costs as increasing numbers of employees use their cell phone as their primary work phone. Users won't use up the minutes on their mobile phone plan whenever end users move onto a virtual wireless Wi-Fi network.

With the new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service, business users can roam between outdoor cellular infrastructures and indoor Wi-Fi networks with less interruption to their calls. We all know that interrupted calls can do significant damage to any negotiations being made by any businessman. The T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service clearly provides good benefits to business users.

That's basically it for this post on the new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service. The exact pricing and exact availability for the new T-Mobile UMA WiFi wireless network service so tune in to this blog for any updates on this new service.