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116 115 in, 10 022 out, 112 quieter?

12-Jun-08

On a yearly level, Finland’s emergency dispatchers receive 3.8 million calls or other notifications. This total includes some 800,000 calls classified as non-urgent. In other words, 20–30 dispatchers are needed to handle calls that do not belong at the emergency number 112 (which may vary in other countries).

RFCs prepare for Internet emergency calls

08-Jan-08

The Emergency Context Resolution with Internet Technologies Working Group of the IETF has released three RFC documents pertaining to emergency calls in IP networks.