In 1968 the United States Government worked with AT&T to create a Universal Emergency Number. They decided on 911, which is curious considering the 9 and the 1 are on opposite ends of the dial. You would think they would have chosen one number to dial 3 times to make it easier. Well, who knows why they do what they do. The first 911 call was made on February 16, 1968 in Haleyville, Alabama.
Now you have a brief history of how the Universal Emergency Number came to be, lets look at something else I think is peculiar.
Although AT&T was instrumental in setting in place the Universal Emergency Number system, eventually it would be a foreign telecom company that would control the process. Yes, you heard me. Our Emergency Services: fire, police, and EMS are all ported through iconectiv. Guess who owns iconectiv? Ericsson. Yes, a wholly owned subsidiary of telecom giant, Ericsson. If you were paying attention, above, you will note that I said FOREIGN.
So, not only does Ericsson control the process of porting over 911 dispatchers to Police, EMS, Fire etc, Ericsson also ports your cell phones to 911.
I want to know why our domestic Emergency Services information is controlled by a foreign entity? Especially one whose CEO in February of this year (2022), admitted to sponsoring and bribing ISIS from 2000-2017. That’s 17 years! Yes, I said 17.
Knowing that Ericsson has control of this important information with zero oversight, and knowing the company sponsored a terrorist organization, do you think they should have such control?
You can read the Ericsson report here to learn more. I hope you share it with everyone you know.
I don’t know what happened to protecting our national security. I think we should all start holding the powers that be accountable. Although, I’m not sure the current administrator knows what it means to protect our national security. Or he just doesn’t care.
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