[June 08, 2012]

Cassidian Communications to Showcase Next Generation Public Safety Portfolio at 2012 NENA Conference

Emergency communications leader Cassidian Communications, an EADS (News - Alert) North America company, announced that it will demonstrate its suite of enhanced geospatial, multimedia-ready next generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) call taking, emergency notification and P25 land mobile radio solutions in booth 1109 at the 2012 National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference in Long Beach, Calif., from June 9-14.

"Partnering with NENA and exhibiting at their annual conference allows us to showcase our technological advances as we continue to prepare our entire portfolio for NG9-1-1," said Mary Wathen, chief operating officer, Cassidian Communications. "This year's event is the ideal opportunity for customers and prospective customers alike to catch a sneak preview of our all-new REVERSE 911^® emergency notification solution. The REVERSE 911^® solution has been used to save thousands of lives throughout the United States, and our latest version is positioned to save even more with its advanced capabilities."

For more than 40 years, Cassidian Communications has worked closely with its customers and the public safety industry to proactively adapt to emerging technologies, support evolving industry standards and develop new applications. At the 2012 NENA Conference, Cassidian Communications will demonstrate its continued commitment with a complete portfolio of critical communications solutions that are ready to deliver NG9-1-1 with new media, new technology and new ways to communicate.

With industry-leading geospatial capabilities built on ESRI's ArcGIS engine and the ability to connect to FEMA's IPAWS-OPEN (News - Alert) platform, the all-new REVERSE 911^® solution gives public safety operations unprecedented notification capabilities. It supports all common communication modalities, including landline, VoIP and cell phones, pagers, SMS and email; and sends RSS/CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) feeds and weather warings.

Cassidian Communications also will demonstrate how its suite of information management and managed services provide customers with the tools needed to efficiently and cost-effectively manage the resources of the next generation technology.

Product demonstrations in the Cassidian Communications booth will include:

• The VESTA^® / Sentinel^® 4.0 multimedia-ready emergency call processing solutions
• The ORION™ Vela^® advanced mapping solution
• The Aurora^® MIS solution for enhanced call center analytics
• COR^P25 standards-compliant P25 digital land mobile radio
• Push-to-talk over LTE application
• The REVERSE 911^® emergency notification solution

Cassidian Communications continues to serve clients ranging from public safety operations to Fortune 1000 corporations to federal agencies. Collectively, the company has more than 40 years of experience deploying 9-1-1 call processing solutions, emergency notification systems and first-responder digital trunked radio networks.

About Cassidian Communications (www.CassidianCommunications.com)

As the largest and most trusted source of mission critical communications solutions, Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company, is leading the way in standards-based NG9-1-1 call center applications, notification solutions and services, and P25 land mobile radio systems.

About EADS North America (www.eadsnorthamerica.com)

EADS North America is the U.S.-based operation of EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defense, and related services. EADS contributes more than $12 billion to the U.S. economy annually and supports over 220,000 American jobs through its network of suppliers. EADS North America, headquartered in Herndon, Va., offers a broad array of advanced solutions to meet U.S. military and commercial requirements, including fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, homeland security systems, public safety communications, defense electronics and avionics, and threat detection systems.

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