News Archive: 2005
Scottish Power Prepares for Winter with Communications Solutions from TFCC and Eckoh Technologies PLC
Advanced Speech Recognition from Eckoh and HVCA® from Twenty First Century Communications Keep Utility Customers in the Picture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 28, 2005
COLUMBUS, OH – Severe winter weather is one of the most common causes of power outages across the 3.4 million UK homes and businesses served by Scottish Power's electricity distribution network. This winter, consumers affected by power outages will have 24-hour access to an automated telephone...
Franklin County Emergency Notification System Performs Successfully
Twenty First Century Communications’ System Passes the Test With Flying Colors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 21, 2005
COLUMBUS, OH – The emergency notification system employed by the city of Columbus, the Ohio State University and the Franklin County Commissioners debuted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 and proved to be very successful in the opinion of Art Baker, Emergency Manager for Warning of the Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security....
40,000+ Displaced Katrina Family Members Reconnected Through 1-877-LOVED-1S
Twenty First Century Communications Runs the National Family Link Phone Bank for the American Red Cross
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2005
COLUMBUS, OH – The launch of the toll-free resource for hurricane survivors to connect with family and friends was announced on Friday, September 2, 2005. By 7pm Central Time (New Orleans’ time zone) that day, the first call had been answered. More than 380,000 phone calls have been placed...
Emergency Notification System Exercise Preview
Franklin County and Twenty First Century Communications to Test Emergency Notification System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2005
COLUMBUS, OH – The emergency notification system employed by the city of Columbus, the Ohio State University and the Franklin County Commissioners will call about 40,000 residents, students and businesses during a scheduled exercise next week.
The Universal Communications System (UCS) developed by a Columbus-based company, Twenty First Century Communications...
TFCC Helps NY Utility Reach 2,500 Critical Care Customers During Extended Eastern Blackout
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2005
COLUMBUS, OH – Twenty First Century’s Universal Communications System (UCS) was put to the test by a New York utility, during the August 2003 blackout.
The utility has close to 2,500 customers identified as requiring critical care during power outages. It was imperative that they contact these customers and let them know what steps to take during the emergency. Unfortunately,...
