BellSouth: "Carriers are first responders'"
Stephen Lawson writes in InfoWorld:
Carriers need to be given higher priority in disasters because telecommunications infrastructure is so critical to recovery efforts, a high-ranking BellSouth executive said Monday.
"Our industry really needs first-responder status, because so many of the emergency services personnel are counting on us," said Bill Smith, chief technology officer (CTO) at BellSouth, the carrier that bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina last month. Smith has discussed the issue with leaders in Washington, D.C., he said.
Smith appeared with top technology executives from the three other major regional carriers on the first day of Telecom '05, the U.S. Telecom Association trade show in Las Vegas. Along with talk of next-generation infrastructure, they discussed lessons learned from hurricanes Katrina and Rita even as Wilma ravaged southern Florida on Monday.
posted by Fergie @ 10/25/2005 09:51:00 AM
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