INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
	
	Geneva,  7 March 2005	
	Publication Notice    No.  372-05	

Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications Edition 2004	

via ITU Website   	
This Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications is written to serve as a close companion to those involved in the noble work of providing as well as using telecommunications for disaster mitigation and relief. It simplifies and demystifies the complex technical issues that characterize the fast evolving field of telecommunications, especially in this era of convergence and emergence of next-generation networks. While designed to be simple, the handbook is comprehensive, compact and contains useful factual information that is concise and organized for easy access, in particular by practitioners.
	
Date of publication:	English:  	Available	
French and Spanish:	mid-2005	
Language:	English, French and Spanish	
Paper format:	About 180 pages – A4 (21  29.7 cm)	
Electronic format:	MS Word for WindowsTM – Adobe AcrobatTM PDF	
Article number:	English:
French:
Spanish:	26422 
26423 
26424	
ISBN number:	English:
French:
Spanish:	92-61-11091-6
92-61-11092-4
92-61-11093-2	
Price in Swiss francs:	Catalogue Price:     CHF  98.–
Member States and Sector Members:     –15%
Administrations of Least Developed Countries:     – 80%
Electronic Bookshop:    CHF  98.–    (No discount)	

 

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Article number:  26422	No.  372-05	
Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications Edition 2004

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