Entrepreneurial thinking, innovation and selflessness can make things better during crises. Here is a look at how organizations reacted and telecommunications products helped during recent hurricane crises.
AT&T: Storm Preparation Saves Lives, Limits Damage
Of course, the greatest crisis preventative is to limit problems in the first place. Before Hurricane Harvey, AT&T described some of the steps it was taking. The carrier topped off generators, tested high-capacity backup generators at cell sites, and limited the impact of flooding by moving as much equipment as possible to higher floors. The last item, of course, was prescient.
AT&T pre-positioned seven COLTs (cell on light trucks), three emergency communications vehicles and three charging stations. This was in addition to longer-term steps that had been taken in the flood-prone area.