December 08, 2014
AT&T came up with a plan to show that giant service providers care about people affected by natural or anthropic disasters. An idea that can be useful if we consider that communication in general and mobile phones in specific are vital in case of floods, violent storms, tornadoes or even man-made disasters. So, AT&T sees very important reliable communication during a disaster and that is the main reason why its Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) organization will set a presentation of recovery equipment.
The presentation will take place on the 9th and 10th of December 2014, in Paris, France, starting 08:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. in Pavilion 5.1 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles at 1 place de la Porte de Versailles. With this occasion, six technology recovery flyaway nodes and one 13 meter technology recovery trailer will be presented as well as two mobile command centers and additional power and support equipment. At the AT&T Network Disaster Recovery Demonstration, the company’s representatives will show some examples of the equipment that the cell phone services provider uses to help ensure quick recovery of communications after disaster strikes and how you should use them to obtain maximum efficiency. The company functions for two decades and this time period they had major interventions in more than 70 cases.
To remember only the recent most important critical moments, let’s take in discussion Hurricanes Sandy in 2012 and Irene in 2011. Also, the NDR team had a crucial impact on September 11, 2001, following the New York City World Trade Center disaster, when they deployed and recovered services of a fully destroyed network office and provided emergency communications support for humanitarian efforts after the two giant buildings collapsed and captured between the ruins many people. Having the headquarters in US, AT&T operates with different facilities in more than 50 countries, some of which in Europe, a main reason for this presentation to take place in the capital city of France.