Entries by Bryan Ginn

NEW TMA Dispatch Now Available for Download

TMA is excited to bring you the first issue of its newly-designed TMA Dispatch! The updated design takes on more of a magazine look and feel, offering readers full color images and illustrations throughout. We’ve also taken the content in some interesting new directions. While you’ll find all of our previous standing columns, you’ll also […]

TMA Member Vector Security Raleigh, NC Branch Partners with Susan G. Komen to Support ‘Securing the Cure’ Program

Vector Security to donate $100 for each security system sold through the campaign during 2018, and award free basic monitoring for a year to a local breast cancer survivor. Vector Security, Inc., the provider of intelligent mobile security and automation solutions for homes and businesses, announced its partnership with the Susan G. Komen North Carolina […]

Acquisitions

Brivo has acquired Parakeet Technologies, a provider of smart building solutions which include sensors, thermostats, wireless locks and lighting controls. The acquisition…

Giving Back

COPS Monitoring donated laptops to the Veterans Memorial Home, in Vineland, NJ, giving its residents the ability to connect with loved ones during the necessary quarantines imposed by COVID-19…

Awards

With a dedicated week of service and many events throughout the course of the year, including Seasons of Service events around the holidays, ADT provides numerous opportunities for its employees to participate in community service…

Products and Technology

OpenEye, Interface Security Systems Partner for Remote Video Surveillance Solution
The strategic partnership will combine Interface’s interactive monitoring service with OpenEye’s web services platform (OWS) to deliver a remote video surveillance solution with Cloud video management to retailers…

People

Stanley Security Names Kara Pelecky as Chief Information Officer
Pelecky, who joined the company on March 2nd, will be responsible for the strategic vision, leadership and ongoing implementation of the system integrator’s information technology initiatives…

NEW Operator Online Level 2 NOW AVAILABLE!

It’s here and ready for your team! TMA is pleased to announce the release of its newly updated Monitoring Center Operator Online Level 2. The fully re-written course is designed to provide your team with a common language for success. The new course builds upon TMA’s popular Monitoring Center Operator Online Level 1 training program […]

FCC’s Chairman Pai Asks Congress to Repeal T-Band Mandate

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai reiterated his call for congressional repeal of the T-band auction mandate while also circulating a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would take the next statutorily required step to implement this mandate to his fellow commissioners. “An FCC auction of the T-band is a bad idea,” Pai said. “But as of […]

FCC Will No Longer Issue Warnings

On May 1, the FCC adopted an Order ending its practice of warning most robocallers before issuing penalties for violating the law and for harassing consumers with unwanted robocalls. Such warnings were previously required by law until the TRACED Act was enacted in December 2019. Specifically, under the prior statutory requirement, the FCC had to […]