PageOne to showcase MTPAS-Enabled 2-way Pagers for the Emergency Response Community at BAPCO

20-22 April, Stand 322, Business Design Centre, London

London, 12 April, 2010 - PageOne Communications, the UK’s leading provider of mobile messaging solutions to the public and enterprise sectors, today announced it is to exhibit its exclusive MTPAS (Mobile Telecommunication Privileged Access Scheme) enabled 2-way pagers for Category 1 and 2 responders at BAPCO’s annual conference and exhibition.

MTPAS is a cabinet-office run scheme, which ensures that in the event of a major incident, Category 1 & 2 responders are given privileged access to the mobile phone networks. As the 2-way pager can utilise the GSM network to send back vital information on the status and location of responders, the Cabinet Office chose for the first time to include 2-way paging within the scheme, recognising that the 2-way pager plays a vital part in the communications strategies of blue-light organisations.
   
As an MTPAS Service Provider under the scheme, PageOne will install a privileged access SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card in the 2-way pager device for any Category 1 or 2 organisation. These privileged access SIMs will be automatically included in PageOne 2-way pagers for all users within the responder community, but are not available to members of the public.

As PageOne’s 2-way pagers use the company’s independent wide area paging network they provide reliable 2-way communication with the added benefits of auto acknowledgement, location of pager and response messages returned over either GPRS or GSM. The pagers also include a GPS chip that supplies the control centre with the last known location of the pager together with a reply message, supplying superior intelligence regarding the location of staff and enabling the more efficient deployment of staff throughout a major incident.

The addition of a new SOS option within the 2-way pager, means that the pager user can now also trigger a silent or audible alert. Ideal for lone workers in remote locations, when an emergency alert is triggered, the geographical coordinates are also transmitted and can be displayed on a map in the operations control centre.

The 2-way pager also comes with a remote tracking function that controlled remotely, generates location information, at regular intervals.

PageOne messaging consultants will be available at the BAPCO show to discuss this new development and will be giving a ‘2-way paging and MTPAS’ seminar on 22 April at 10.05am where attendees can learn more about the capabilities of the 2-way pager and its deployment in real life applications.

Visitors to the PageOne stand will also be able to have a demonstration of PageOne’s flare suite of business continuity products and register free for pulse, PageOne’s priority paging channel which is available to PageOne’s paging customers who operate blue-light emergency applications.

“Our commitment to putting our customers at the heart of everything we do drives our product innovation and service developments,” comments Clair Cawley, Marketing Director, PageOne Communications. “BAPCO presents us with a great platform to showcase the new developments of our public sector products which can greatly assist public safety communications officers in their day to day roles.

For further information on PageOne’s MTPAS-enabled 2-way pager and for associated imagery please visit http://www.pageone.co.uk/2-way-pagers-are-mtpas-enabled-3774.htm