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PageOne makes the case for investing in two-way paging London, 07 August, 2012 – With an expected influx of over 950,000 spectators and sportsmen descending on London for the 2012 Olympics, the demand on Britain’s emergency services to maintain high service levels is greater than ever before. In response to the added pressures of the Games and a period of major cuts and austerity, PageOne Communications, the UK’s leading provider of mobile messaging solutions to the public and enterprise sectors, has today released a white paper entitled “The business case for investing in two-way paging”. The white paper outlines how two-way paging can help organisations improve resource management and productivity, as well as the coordination and mobilisation of resources. The paper continues to drive home the importance of interoperability as a key enabler, hence the two-way pager’s ability to integrate with existing infrastructures to offer more flexible methods of working. Finally the paper looks at future enhancements such as dual frequency scanning, all whilst conveying an underlying theme of efficiency savings, be it financial, environmental or through better asset management. Now into the second full week of the London 2012 Games, two-way paging technology has already provided the emergency services, and organisations concerned with delivering critical messaging, a robust and assured channel of communication. Ultimately, the effectiveness of any emergency response can be broken down into three factors; the ability to receive, respond to, and act upon, timely information; key attributes the 2-way paging is able to offer. Lessons learnt from the 7/7 London attacks have reinforced the role of paging, particularly with regards to critical communications. Exclusively MTPAS enabled, the two-way paging devices called 2-way Responders also presents an additional element of resilience should the mobile networks become over-subscribed, and public access restricted. “We’ve seen a clear increase in demand for the 2-way Responder, and in light of concerns stemming from the stability of the mobile networks during the Olympic

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Page 1: London Olympics and Business Continuity - PageOne makes the case for investing in two-way paging

PageOne makes the case for investing in two-way paging

London, 07 August, 2012 – With an expected influx of over 950,000 spectators

and sportsmen descending on London for the 2012 Olympics, the demand on

Britain’s emergency services to maintain high service levels is greater than ever

before. In response to the added pressures of the Games and a period of major cuts

and austerity, PageOne Communications, the UK’s leading provider of mobile

messaging solutions to the public and enterprise sectors, has today released a white

paper entitled “The business case for investing in two-way paging”.

The white paper outlines how two-way paging can help organisations improve

resource management and productivity, as well as the coordination and mobilisation

of resources. The paper continues to drive home the importance of interoperability

as a key enabler, hence the two-way pager’s ability to integrate with existing

infrastructures to offer more flexible methods of working. Finally the paper looks at

future enhancements such as dual frequency scanning, all whilst conveying an

underlying theme of efficiency savings, be it financial, environmental or through

better asset management.

Now into the second full week of the London 2012 Games, two-way paging

technology has already provided the emergency services, and organisations

concerned with delivering critical messaging, a robust and assured channel of

communication. Ultimately, the effectiveness of any emergency response can be

broken down into three factors; the ability to receive, respond to, and act upon,

timely information; key attributes the 2-way paging is able to offer. Lessons learnt

from the 7/7 London attacks have reinforced the role of paging, particularly with

regards to critical communications. Exclusively MTPAS enabled, the two-way paging

devices called 2-way Responders also presents an additional element of resilience

should the mobile networks become over-subscribed, and public access restricted.

“We’ve seen a clear increase in demand for the 2-way Responder, and in light of

concerns stemming from the stability of the mobile networks during the Olympic

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Games, the requirement has intensified even further,” says Chris Jones, CEO of

PageOne Communications. “The white paper provides a sound argument for

individuals interested in two-way paging technology, but need to provide their peers

or key decision makers with a comprehensive guide to the long term benefits and

cost savings that can be achieved.”

The full white paper can be downloaded at

http://www.pageone.co.uk/support/downloads/white-papers

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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'. Press Contact: Robert Hickling/ Cate Bonthuys Say Communications Tel: 020 8971 6400 Email: [email protected]