Tag: 911
ADT partners with Uber for in-app safety features
August 30, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – ADT Security Services has announced that it is partnering with mobility as-a-service provider Uber to offer in-app safety for riders and drivers across the United States.
In a statement provided on August 30 ADT discussed the integration of their mobile safety solutions into the Uber app that allows clients and customers to get live help via ADT professional monitoring agents by phone or text anywhere in the U.S.
“When a user requests a call or text exchange...
Next Generation 911: The bomb's still ticking
December 15, 2011Rich Miller
The U.S. House did the alarm industry no favors Tuesday night.
By passing H.R. 3630, “The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011,” House members said yes to extending the Social Security payroll tax deduction and sent the contentious bill to the Senate. While you'd be hard-pressed to find a central operator who opposes tax relief or job creation, the bill is laden with a stealth bomb: Next Generation 911, which in its present form would allow emergency calls from alarm...