This will be Multitone’s 9th year of attending BAPCO as a contributor and exhibitor!
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WhatsApp’s temporary global outage
On Tuesday evening the Facebook owned WhatsApp suffered an issue with its services, leaving thousands of users in dismay.
According to outage.report numerous users faced this outage and some still seem to be encountering issues sending and re ...
Why O2’s big communication outage, is a lesson for businesses
On Thursday 6th December it was reported that the O2 network was suffering a major problem with its services, unable to provide 3G/4G data connectivity, phone calls and general ser ...
Japan says goodbye to paging?
Japan has decided that is officially time to give up on the world of pagers and have suspended their contract with Tokyo’s Telemessaging company, meaning as of 2019 Japan will be pager free. The country's healthcare system has opted to use smartphone technologies evolving into their mode ...
Finding the Right Mix of NHS Communications
I was delighted to read that the new UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has promised £487m to improve technolo ...
Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change with Intelligent Communications
The UK is currently experiencing its warmest weather conditions in 100 year ...
70 Years of the NHS through Pager Evolution
After three score years and ten, the NHS now celebrates 70 years of protecting the nation. There has not been a time that most of us have not needed the NHS, and during much of this period the NHS has relied on the simple pager.
1956: The first pagers were introduced at ...
Top 5 ways to Protect Staff with Effective Communications
The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) states that ‘All workers are entitled to work in environments where risks to their health and safety are properly controlled’ and that ‘Under health and safety law, the primary responsibility for this ...
Combating elderly loneliness through technology
We are all getting older! Figures from the Office for National Statistics show 18% of people are aged 65 a ...
Trust Your Alarms
A false alarm can cause unnecessary panic and distress, as the high-profile alert in Hawaii grimly demonstrated on 13th January 2018. A combination of failures led to the public believing a missile attack from Nort ...
Managing Staff Sickness
Wintertime is notorious for viruses and infectious illnesses. The early part of 2018 has seen a particularly nasty outbreak of flu, which figures suggest has been the worst in seven years. This puts a greater strain on health servic ...
Keeping Retained Firefighters in the Loop
In the UK, there are approximately 18,000 retained firefighters who cover around 60% of the country, yet many people are unaware of the vital role these professionals play in keeping us all safe.
What is a retained firefighter?
If you are unaware of these vital teams w ...