FCC Decided Against Advancing Deadline for Full Compliance With Heightened Location Accuracy Duties

摘要

The FCC said it considered moving up the deadline for all wireless carriers to meet the nlocation accuracy requirements for providers that use a handset-based 911 solution but ndecided instead to require compliance for new network builds. All wireless carriers must meet nthe stricter E-911 location-accuracy requirements by 2019. A commission order notes that nT-Mobile, the Telecommunications Industry Association and others objected to an earlier npolicy call requiring all carriers to meet the same standard. GSM-based carriers like T-Mobile nand AT&T currently use network-based technologies for locating callers. CDMA carriers nincluding Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel already use handset-based technology. APCO nhas found significant differences in the technologies' ability to locate emergency callers.