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Callmy Announce New SMS Broadcast Service

Woman with phoneWe are pleased to announce the Callmy Alert service now supports a new SMS broadcast feature.

 What does the SMS feature provide?

As an alternative to sending messages to user’s Callmy Alert app, you can now also send messages to their mobile as SMS.

Why has SMS been introduced into the service?

We recognise there are some scenarios where you have the responsibility to deliver important messages to end users, but it’s not always practical to install an app on their phone – such as visitors to your sites or temporary contractors – this may currently be a consideration with your plans for Martyn’s Law.

If you now simply add user’s mobile number, via the Callmy Alert Portal, and allocate them to an appropriate message group, they become part of your emergency communication community. In a scenario where you need to lockdown a site or warn of an imminent threat, you know your regular users will receive messages via the app (installed on their phone, table tablet or desktop) and your more informal contacts will be alerted via SMS.

A premium service

As the service will be used for critical situations where a fast response is required, from potentially a large number of users, having a reliable service with none of the normal bottlenecks is vital. We have engineered a carrier class service with a high degree of capacity, with the intelligence to navigate around potential network disruption.

From a resilience perspective the SMS service also creates a useful fallback channel that overcomes situations where data connectivity is lost, possibly due to a cyber-attack, or just isn’t available.

How fast is the delivery?

We have operationalised a “Carrier Class” SMS gateway to support the delivery. Messages are delivered at a rate of 1,000 per second and being carrier class, high levels of resilience and performance are introduced.

We hope you find this feature useful and please contact us to discuss your requirements.

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Join Callmy at the Education Estates Exhibition & Conference

Education Estates Exhibition DetailsCallmy are supporting their integration partner, Todd Research, at this year’s Education Estates Exhibition and Conference.

The event will provide the opportunity to discuss communication solutions that are vital for the Education Sector and support:

  • The new Protect Duty
  • Lockdown and evacuation requirements
  • Fire notifications and other critical incidents
  • Lone working security
  • Personal safety and student welfare

Todd Research will also be demonstrating their latest range of postal X-Ray scanning and threat detection equipment, with Callmy Alert integration.

We’re looking forward to meeting you on stand 502 – the event takes place on the 18-19 October at Manchester Central. Please Click Here To Register.

If you are unable to attend but would like more details on our capabilities, please contact us.

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The University of Wolverhampton – a secure place to study with Callmy Alert

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The University of Worcester Going Places With Callmy Alert

University of Worcester LogoThe University of Worcester is deploying the Callmy Alert service to help students and staff stay safe while away from the Campus.

Callmy Alert provides a simple app, which staff and students can opt into to enable the University to locate those travelling locally, nationally and internationally, and to proactively send notifications of situations that may affect their travel security. Unlike other solutions of this nature, which use airline booking data to illustrate location, Callmy Alert provides active traveller tracking using GPS positioning available from the user’s mobile phone. This is also optimised to preserve battery life.

As Callmy Alert service includes a mass notification capability, information can be delivered to users that provide information about disruption or incidents in their location – this can also be geo fenced when required. Travellers can also respond to messages, or check in periodically to let the University know they are safe.

The University has complimented the service with the Callmy Alert Personal SOS capability, which is an integrated component of the app. If an individual is in a situation where they require assistance, they can activate an SOS Alert to notify the University, which can then respond accordingly.

The service will also be used to compliment the University’s campus security and the deployment is being supported by the Student Union.

 

 

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Free Webinar – Security & Communication for Major Incidents in Education

The need to overcome potential security threats in the education sector is now a vital consideration.

Whilst the most severe attacks are still relatively rare, it is vital appropriate plans and procedures are in place – these may help to overcome a variety of other incidents too. 

The first part of this free to attend webinar, presented by the highly respected security expert Tom Huntley, will help education professionals understand major incident security and practical measures that can be employed to deter, detect, deny, delay and defeat – the 5D’s principle.

Communication is a key element in the 5D approach but evolving threats now need evolving communications. In the second part of the webinar we present effective emergency communication planning and how the Callmy Alert solution is helping the Education sector communicate in a crisis.

The webinar takes place at 14.30 on Tuesday 2 October. Please click HERE for more details and to register.

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University of Reading Deploy Callmy Alert

Supporting the delivery of critical communications and security procedures, the University of Reading are deploying Callmy Alert.

The University has over 17,000 students based on three main sites in the UK and an international campus in Malaysia. In order to deliver critical communications and the reassurances of a secure environment, the University selected Callmy Alert based on its ease of use and cost effective deployment. It was also felt that a service with an end user app would suit the student demographic whilst also, and most importantly, ensure a faster response than using conventional forms of messaging.

“We are delighted the University of Reading are deploying the Callmy Alert service” comments Tony Watson, CEO of Callmy Ltd, ” and we look forward to supporting their successful deployment over the coming months”.

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