2009-11-11

By Editor, CIR

Provider of mobile messaging solutions, PageOne has announced that its 2-way pagers will be exclusively MTPAS (Mobile Telecommunication Privileged Access Scheme) enabled for all Category 1 and 2 Responders. The Cabinet Office-run scheme ensures that all Category 1 or 2 Responders in an organisation that use PageOne 2-way paging will be MTPAS-enabled after a special SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is inserted into the pager.

MTPAS is invoked in the event of a major incident, allowing privileged access to the mobile network for Category 1 and 2 Responders. To prevent cell overload, the number of MTPAS enabled mobile phones within each Category 1 and 2 organisation is limited, meaning that not all Category 1 and 2 Responders will receive an MTPAS enabled SIM for their phone. As PageOne's 2-Way pager uses the PageOne wide area paging network for out-going messages and status and reply messages use very little data (either SMS or GPRS), PageOne can provide all Category 1 and 2 Responders in an organisation with an MTPAS-enabled SIM.

"We have welcomed the PageOne 2-way pager onto the Scheme as it gives the first responder community a new and innovative way to enhance resilient communications for effective emergency response," said Tom Swarbrigg, Privilege Access Scheme Manager at the Cabinet Office. "The fact that the PageOne 2-way pager uses so little GSM air-time means that we have been able to extend the use of privileged access to all in both Category 1 and 2 Responder Organisations, so in times of incident the widest possible benefits can be realised by users under the MTPAS Scheme."

Home     More News


Other stories you may find of interest:

SMEs face raft of legal changes
The Forum of Private Business has launched a guide to help small businesses comply with upcoming changes to employment law

P&C may drop 10% in 2010
Insurance rates for both property and casualty risks could fall by up to 10% in 2010. So says risk adviser Marsh, whose head of placement for large corporate accounts, Tim Pritchard, says competition for good risks remains strong, with plentiful capacity in both sectors.

Financial failure tops supply chain concerns
The credit crunch has placed it top of the risk agenda, a report suggests