RedSky Completes NENA Next-Generation 9-1-1 Interoperability Tests

Online, August 24, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Chicago - RedSky Technologies, the leader in E911 solutions, today announced the completion of Next-Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) interoperability tests with its Legacy Network Gateway (LNG), Legacy PSAP Gateway (LPG) and Location Information Server (LIS).

This latest round of tests was conducted at the second National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Industry Collaboration Event (ICE) held recently at the AT&T Center for Learning in Irving, TX with additional technical support provided by Texas A&M University. The event focused on testing transitional components of the emergency network that will help facilitate the migration from current 9-1-1 systems to next-generation 9-1-1 systems.

The ICE 2 event is part of a program that allows vendors to test the interoperability of their products. These events bring together vendors in an open, supportive, and collaborative environment that fosters a spirit of technical cooperation. The goal of these NG9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Events (NG9-1-1 ICE) is to support all vendors in achieving fully interoperable systems.

"RedSky is actively involved with the NENA i3 standards development process and these Industry Collaborative Events are designed to prove out the NG9-1-1 standards that will shape the future of this country's emergency communications networks," said Bill Mertka, vice president of product management for RedSky, who chaired the ICE 2 event planning committee.

"RedSky is committed to working with NENA and the rest of the industry on vendor system interoperability and bringing these new NG9-1-1 standards to the market."

Participation in the testing has become an important benchmark for NG9-1-1 and E911 solutions vendors. NENA has specifically encouraged government organizations and their consultants to add questions related to participation in the event to any RFI or RFP they develop.

RedSky's NG9-1-1 solution complies with the new NENA i3 standard and accepts incoming emergency requests from callers whether they're using IP-based phone technology or older systems based on public switched telephone network (PSTN) technology. RedSky's solution also bridges the gap between NENA's i3 standard and legacy E911 systems by allowing continued use of traditional ALI database queries, which use Master Street Address Guide (MSAG) tables for address verification.

RedSky's transition gateways support local deployment for state, county and local exchange carriers, while the Location Information Server is a cloud-based hosted service that can be deployed in customer data centers or accessed via RedSky's geo-redundant data centers.

For more information on RedSky NG9-1-1 and E911 solutions, visit: www.redskyE911.com.