EENA reminds Mr. Oettinger of his responsibilities
The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) was somewhat surprised to read the views of Commissioner Mr. Oettinger which were published on Wednesday evening (23 March) in Bild and relayed in Politico, complaining about the lack of cooperation by the police services both within Brussels and within Europe. It also appears that this topic is not […]
Brussels attacks – A message from EENA
In the aftermath of the Brussels attacks, the EENA team would like to thank everyone for the supportive messages and concern. Our thoughts are with the people affected by these hard times, to whom we wish courage and strength. EENA tried to contribute to the extent possible, as many other organisations and individuals, on this […]
Public safety industry directory: EENA’s must-have publication now available
EENA is happy to announce the publication of the first edition of “The “who-is-who” handbook in the public safety industry”, a guide to public safety solution providers from around the world. Have you been looking for a clear, comprehensive and reliable handbook of solution providers in the emergency services field? You can now stop […]
EENA Conference 2016 – Almost time to meet public safety professionals from all over the world!
Join us at the largest yearly pan-European event in the emergency services field! Do not miss out on the opportunity to meet your peers at the EENA Conference 2016, that will take place on 6-8 April 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic. The EENA Conference will welcome participants representing emergency services, public authorities, […]
ETSI and EENA launch the first emergency communications interoperability Plugtests in Europe
Sophia Antipolis, 14 March 2016: The first Next Generation 112 (NG112) Emergency Communications Plugtest in Europe is launched today by ETSI and its Emergency Telecommunications (EMTEL) special committee and EENA (the European Emergency Number Association). The aim of the event is to trial independently and jointly all components of the 112 communication chain based on […]
Certificate of Quality Standard for providers of Third Party Service (TPS) eCall
EENA announces the upcoming launch of the ‘Certificate of Quality Standard for providers of Third Party Service (TPS) eCall’. EENA has developed this Standard to maximise the quality of TPS eCall services for European citizens. The programme will allow for the first time TPS eCall providers to benchmark themselves against a Standard which is specific […]
Caller location, social media, emergency apps, & more: 1st update on EENA’s progress on the actions agreed during “EENA Members Workshop”
It has been almost 4 months since the EENA Members Workshop took place on 19-20 October 2015. For 2 days, EENA Members worked in 15 workshops on technical, operational and legal aspects of topics related to the emergency communications field. After the event, EENA published a report summarising the work undertaken by EENA Members, as […]
‘Advanced Mobile Location specifications & requirements’ – Document now available!
EENA is happy to announce the publication of 'Advanced Mobile Location (AML) – Specifications & Requirements' document. With 10 European countries testing or about to start testing AML, this much-awaited document lays down the specifications and requirements for its implementation. AML is a caller location technique […]
HOTREC & EENA come together to raise awareness of 112
HOTREC (the umbrella Association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés in Europe) and EENA join forces to raise awareness among travellers and citizens across Europe of the number to be dialled in an emergency: 112! We are happy to announce the launch of a partnership between EENA and HOTREC, with the aim to promote the common […]
Article on 112 by ‘New Europe’: Who would block 112 awareness?
New Europe published today a front-page article on the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) and how it blocked awareness activities for the common European emergency number 112. More specifically, officials coming from DG COMM prevented European Commission representations in Member States from communicating on 112, although the planned awareness activities required no financial […]