ROCKVILLE, Md., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleContinuity, Inc. announced
today that in support of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, its rapidly
deployable and survivable voice network has been upgraded to support the
additional customers anticipated for this predicted worse than normal
hurricane season. TeleContinuity's Survivable Voice Network support is
critical for government agencies and businesses that must maintain maximum
telephone continuity during disasters and evacuations.
The 2005 hurricane season's Gulf storms cut off telephone
communications for more than 3 million people and caused 214 million phone
calls to be blocked -- many critical calls from important government
agencies and vital business enterprises. For 2006, NOAA is "predicting 8 to
10 hurricanes with 4 to 6 becoming major Category 3 or higher and having a
high potential for hitting the U.S. coastline."
TeleContinuity's Survivable Voice Network has been upgraded across the
country to support increased peak call volumes over both PSTN and VoIP
devices during this storm season. In addition, the company has implemented
several significant user enhancements such as backup voice mail, advanced
system administration and a simplified user experience.
For states along the Eastern and Gulf Coasts, TeleContinuity offers
survivable backup telephone service that has the ability to redirect and
reroute calls over any surviving network and even move telephone numbers
from damaged or destroyed central offices to operating switches in
protected locations -- restoring telephone communications with the original
numbers. TeleContinuity can reroute calls to users at new locations and on
whatever devices are still working (landline phones, cell phones, IP
phones, laptops, PCs or PDAs) and TeleContinuity can be activated within
minutes of a disaster.
TeleContinuity works in conjunction with major telephone carriers.
TeleContinuity can even provide originating central office redirection,
giving its customers the ultimate survivable backup voice solution. "It is
simply not enough to have a resilient infrastructure," said Roy Pinchot,
CEO, "Organizations must make their infrastructure truly survivable to
support weeks if not months of operations during outage conditions.
Planning for this situation is very different than the traditional planning
that has occurred within COOP and BCP organizations."
Max Mayfield, director of NOAA's Hurricane Center in Miami, discussing
this upcoming storm season warned, "the crucial message for every person is
the same: Prepare, Prepare, Prepare! This very active period for major
hurricanes may continue for 10 to 20 years."
More Information About TeleContinuity can be found at
http://www.telecontinuity.com.
SOURCE TeleContinuity, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.telecontinuity.com
CONTACT:
Michael Rosenberg, Executive Vice President
of TeleContinuity, +1-240-453-6238, or
mrosenberg@telecontinuity.com
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