Verizon Bridge St CO / Homeland Security / Broad Street CO / Citywide Radio Systems / Emergency Services / West Street CO / Manhattan CO / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Product Issues / /
Facility
OEM headquarters / Canal Street / /
IndustryTerm
telecommunications outages / wireless network outages / radio systems / telecommunications infrastructure / telecom networks / supply chain / Wireless carrier infrastructure / resilient communications options / resilient telecommunications infrastructure / voice communications / wireline telephone / Wireless Network / wireless systems / cell phone networks / improvements necessary to ensure these systems / mobile wireless carriers / Internet bandwidth / telephone lines / digital microwave technology / communications providers / enhancements to their infrastructure / communications networks / wireless telecommunications providers / wireless service / Voice over Internet Protocol / wireless networks / internal and interoperable communications / gas deliveries / voice and data services / public-facing telecommunications systems / communications system / public telecommunications networks / telecommunications carriers / wireless carrier networks providers / telecommunications providers / communications services / external telecommunications providers / Wireless Technologies / telecommunications / communications systems / data and voice services / Internal systems / transport media / legacy copper infrastructure / web counterpart / wireless phone / phone systems / telecommunications redundancy / backhaul infrastructure / redundant and affordable communications options / Internet service / fiber optic infrastructure / transmission infrastructure / radio communications / dedicated high-speed broadband network / wireless carriers / mobile cell platforms / wireless devices / /
NaturalFeature
Staten Island / /
OperatingSystem
Unix / /
Organization
New York City Board of Elections / Verizon’s Broad Street Central Office / New York City government / New York City Police Department / Department of Environmental Protection / Introduction New York City government / Fire Department / Parks Department / office of Emergency Management / New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services / Healthcare Evacuation Center / Federal Emergency Management Agency / National Guard / Federal Communications Commission / Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications / Mayor’s Office / office of the Chief Medical Examiner / Department of Homeland Security / Department of Health / Department of Sanitation / /
Person
Ajit Pai / Julius Genachowski / Robert M. McDowell / Jessica Rosenworcel / Mignon Clyburn / / /
Position
INNOVATION OFFICER / Chairman / Commissioner / /
Product
iPads / infrastructure / /
Technology
broadband / wireless devices / Information Technology / mobile phones / digital microwave technology / HTML / fiber optic / broadband access / Cable TV / mobile devices / cellular telephone / Wireless Technologies / Broadband Network / caching / VOIP / Interactive Voice Response / establishing broadband access / /
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