pageone sees increased demand for paging ahead of the london 2012 olympic games
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PageOne sees increased demand for paging ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games
London, 31 May, 2012 - PageOne Communications, the UK’s leading provider of
mobile messaging solutions to the public and enterprise sectors, has seen an
increase in demand for paging and messaging services among key organisations
involved in the Games, including The London Organising Committee of the Olympic
and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), who have selected PageOne and its 2-way
Responder pagers to help diversify their communications offering for added resilience
and security.
Running from 19 May to 9 September 2012, the Olympic and Paralympic games will
present huge operational and logistical challenges for the Emergency Services,
transport operators and businesses operating in the affected areas. Forward
planning, resilient communications systems and the efficient coordination of people
and resources will be crucial to successfully managing these additional pressures.
The speed, vast coverage and convenience of paging as a channel to broadcast
updates and instructions to key staff are just some of the technology’s most alluring
benefits. PageOne’s Responder pager combines these strengths with two-way
messaging capability and further enhancements such as GPS location tracking and an
SOS alert button, provides organisations with the tools to better manage and
coordinate field-resource, whilst improving staff safety. With PageOne’s network
being wholly independent of the mobile networks, paging adds diversity and an even
greater level of resilience into the communications mix of any organisation.
“We’ve seen a number of organisations express concerns over the availability of the
mobile networks in the event of a major incident during the Olympics” says Chris
Jones, CEO of PageOne. “Wholly independent, the paging network is not at risk
from incident-driven traffic overload that typically affects mobile networks, as was
proven during the 7/7 terrorist incidents. Therefore, paging gives our customers the
confidence and peace of mind, that they can maintain communications, without risk,
throughout the Olympic Games.”
With an award winning network and pedigree in critical messaging, PageOne has a
trusted reputation within the messaging industry. Having recently invested in two
new geographically diverse data-centres located outside of the M25, PageOne have
increased resilience and capacity to its services, a further declaration of commitment
to its customers.
In preparation for the London 2012 Olympics, PageOne has also undertaken a review
of its operations and support requirements and issued an Olympics Preparedness
Statement to confirm that the business foresees no operational impact or extraneous
challenges associated with the Games. The Olympics Preparedness Statement
continues to highlight PageOne as an approved messaging provider under the Office
of Government Commerce CATALIST Mobile Solutions (II) framework, having been
subjected to an extensive commercial, technical and security vetting and approvals
process. “Security, resilience and preparedness for planned and unplanned events,
are key criteria in being selected as an approved provider,” says Nigel Gray, Sales
Director of PageOne. “Our messaging services have played an important and integral
role in helping clients manage their own operations and resource effectively, and will
continue to do so during London 2012 Olympics and beyond”.
The full statement can be downloaded at http://www.pageone.co.uk/olympic-games
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About PageOne. www.pageone.co.uk PageOne Communications is celebrating 25 years of innovation in mobile messaging solutions. The company has proven expertise in helping clients drive operational and cost efficiencies, deliver effective results and have a real business edge in a competitive market. With a rich heritage in all aspects of messaging - from paging and SMS through to voice, email and location based services - it places its customers at the heart of its product development to help thousands of organisations across the public and major corporate sectors with reliable, cost-effective and award-winning solutions. Note to editors The PageOne name is written as one word with a capital 'P' and capital 'O'.
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