April 27, 2007

New Phone Technologies Can Help Colleges Communicate Campuswide in Emergencies

By JOSH FISCHMAN and ANDREA L. FOSTER

Raju Rishi came here to George Washington University on Monday night last week to pitch a new campus-communications system to students. Mr. Rishi, a founder of Rave Wireless Inc., started by asking for a moment of silence. "Because of what happened at Virginia Tech today," he explained.

After a minute he continued: "A lot of what I'm talking about takes on new relevance because this system is based on cellphones."

Virginia Tech officials had sent out e-mail alerts during the

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