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Multimedia PresentationsInterview with Mike Amarosa During 112 Event in Murcia The mobile phone has become one of the most dominant means of communication in Europe. As a result, the number of calls to 112 (the European emergency number) is rising exponentially. Government agencies across Europe are wrestling with how to process the ever-increasing number of 112 calls from mobile phones. The 112 Call Center in Murcia, Spain recently deployed TruePosition U-TDOA to quickly and accurately locate 112 calls from mobile phones. During a 112 event in Murcia, Mike Amarosa, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, was interviewed. Mr. Amarosa discusses why high-accuracy location information is critical for locating people who dial 112 from their mobile phones, as well as why he feels that the ability to accurately and reliably locate 112 callers is not only going to spread across Spain, but across the entire European Union. Interview with Steve Stuut During 112 Event in Murcia, Spain Steve Stuut, CEO for TruePosition, takes a few minutes during a 112 Event in Murcia, Spain, to do a quick interview. Here, we find out why the 112 call center in the Region of Murcia is so advanced, how U-TDOA works, and the performance characteristics of U-TDOA. Overview of The Belich Project The Belich Project was the name given the deployment of high-accuracy Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (U-TDOA) technology in the Region of Murcia in Spain. Belich was the name that the Vikings used to call the region. The TruePosition U-TDOA Location Platform was put into place to locate the rapidly increasing number of calls from mobile phones to 112, which is the emergency number in Spain. The Region of Murcia used to use Cell Global Identity (CGI) to locate wireless callers, but it only had an accuracy of several kilometers. The public safety officials wanted something more accurate for this ever-growing tourist area. On April 28, 2009, two men decided to go kayaking in Mar Menor, which is a lagoon within the Region of Murcia, Spain. The weather took a turn for the worse, and both of the men’s kayaks capsized and sank. They managed to dial 112 on their mobile phone, which was inside of a waterproof plastic bag. The first responders, however, spent more than 2½ hours trying to locate the two men. Finally, completely by chance they saw the two men floating in the water, just as the search was being called off. This video is a recreation of that day, but it shows a completely different outcome. Now that the Region of Murcia has deployed the TruePosition U-TDOA Location Platform, the search and rescue that used to take hours is now reduced to minutes. GPS vs. U-TDOA for Emergency Call Location The two main technologies used to locate mobile phones are GPS and Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (U-TDOA). In perfect conditions, both technologies can perform well. But if the environment changes, like if a mobile phone is indoors or in a city with tall buildings, GPS has difficulty locating a mobile phone. This video illustrates why U-TDOA is the only technology that is uniquely suited for mission critical situations. Mobile phones have become the dominant means of voice communication throughout the world. With mobile phones, a person calling an emergency number (9-1-1, 1-1-2, etc.) could be almost anywhere. Also, in emergency situations, people are often panicked or disoriented, and cannot provide their exact location. As a result, it is getting more difficult for government agencies to respond to emergency calls coming from mobile phones, and to send the appropriate emergency response resources. This video features real emergency call center professionals discussing the impact that high-performance wireless location technologies have had on their ability to process 9-1-1 calls in the United States, as well as the difference that location information makes in mission-critical, life-threatening situations. An Interview with Stephen Stuut Stephen Stuut, TruePosition CEO, discusses the evolution and growth of TruePosition as a location-based safety and security solutions company. He discusses how his career path and experience have shaped his leadership style and influence how he leads TruePosition today, and highlights what the future holds for TruePosition in the safety and security industry worldwide. There are several wireless location technologies available, and each one is evaluated on performance in areas of accuracy, latency, and yield. U-TDOA is a completely network-based location technique that requires no modifications to the handset. It relies on multilateration using cell towers, making it well-suited for any environment, including indoors, urban, suburban. U-TDOA is uniquely suited for mission-critical safety and security applications because of its ability to consistently locate any mobile phone, in any environment with high accuracy and reliability. An Interview with Directions Magazine This interview with TruePosition’s Michael Amarosa, SVP of Public Affairs, and Brian Varano, Director of Marketing, features in-depth discussion of emergency call location. The interview includes history of the Enhanced-911 mandate in the United States and the call for stricter accuracy standards. Also discussed is an overview of the location technologies available, and specifically U-TDOA and hybrid technologies and why these techniques are best-suited for locating emergency calls from mobile phones. Mike Amarosa, SVP of Public Affairs, Presents "A Brief History of E-911" at the European Emergency Number Association's Annual Conference. (73.9MB QuickTime) Wireless location intelligence creates an invaluable tool for monitoring and securing national borders. Wireless technology is being increasingly utilized to plan and execute illegal border crossings and criminal activity near borders. TruePosition LOCINT continuously compiles data about mobile phones and activity on the wireless network, enabling border security officials to remotely monitor activity on and around borders and detect threats earlier and more efficiently, significantly enhancing border protection methods Critical Infrastructure Protection Protecting critical infrastructure, such as power plants or transportation hubs, presents a unique set of challenges, and any breach to these facilities could have a devastating impact on the general public. TruePosition LOCINT continuously monitors mobile phone locations and activities in a predetermined area, providing an innovative tool to enhance current and future tactics, techniques, and procedures to extend critical infrastructure protection efforts, and can even help to expedite recovery after an incident occurs. The use of wireless location intelligence can significantly expand current or future tactics, techniques, and procedures to fortify and extend law enforcement efforts. Because criminals frequently leverage wireless technology to commit crimes, they inevitably leave a trail of activities. TruePosition LOCINT identifies, tracks, and stores mobile phone location and activity information that can be leveraged by law enforcement to extend and improve the effectiveness of scarce crime fighting resources. As mobile phones become an increasingly dominant form of communication, an ever-growing number of emergency calls (911, 112, 999, etc.) are originating from mobile phones. Governments worldwide are facing the issue of how to process and locate these calls. The highly sensitive nature of these calls requires a high accuracy, low latency wireless location technology that will locate all mobile phones in any environment. This TruePosition solution, hinged on U-TDOA location technology, meets these requirements and, as a result, saves more lives.
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