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  2. Enhanced 911 - Wikipedia

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    Enhanced 911 ( E-911 or E911) is a system used in North America to automatically provide the caller's location to 911 dispatchers. 911 is the universal emergency telephone number in the region. In the European Union, a similar system exists known as E112 (where 112 is the emergency access number) and known as eCall when called by a vehicle.

  3. Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC (2014) - Wikipedia

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    Laurence H. Silberman. Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, 740 F.3d 623 (D.C. Cir., 2014), was a case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacating portions of the FCC Open Internet Order of 2010, which the court determined could only be applied to common carriers and not to Internet service providers. [1]

  4. Claro Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Claro Puerto Rico is one of the largest telecommunications services company in Puerto Rico. It is headquartered in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, and has operated for almost a century offering voice, data, long distance, broadband, directory publishing and wireless services for the island residents and businesses. It was founded by the Behn brothers ...

  5. Verizon Received 321,000 U.S. Law-Enforcement Requests for ...

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    Joining many in the Internet industry that have taken the step in response to consumer concerns about privacy and government agencies' information requests, Verizon today became the first ...

  6. Stingray phone tracker - Wikipedia

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    Stingray phone tracker. The StingRay is an IMSI-catcher, a cellular phone surveillance device, manufactured by Harris Corporation. [2] Initially developed for the military and intelligence community, the StingRay and similar Harris devices are in widespread use by local and state law enforcement agencies across Canada, [3] the United States, [4 ...

  7. Verizon - Wikipedia

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    Verizon Communications Inc., commonly known as Verizon ( / vəˈraɪzən / və-RYE-zən ), is an American multinational telecommunications conglomerate. The company is incorporated in Delaware, and headquartered at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [3] Verizon's capital stock is a component of the Dow Jones ...

  8. Wireless Emergency Alerts - Wikipedia

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    An example of a Wireless Emergency Alert on an Android smartphone, indicating a Tornado Warning in the covered area. Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA, formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), and prior to that as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN)), is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alerts to mobile devices such as cell ...

  9. List of emergency and first responder agencies that responded ...

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    This is a list of the law enforcement agencies (Federal, State and Local) that responded on 9/11. State and Local Police agencies. New York City Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) - The PEP responded with several officers and assisted with traffic control, manning checkpoints and escorting people out of the area.