U.S. WANTS BIDDERS FOR MODEL OF NEXT-GEN E-911 SYSTEM

摘要

The U.S. govt. wants bidders on a next-generation E-911 system architecture model to assume IP-based networks. That was the message Tues. from Jenny Hansen, project coordinator-Next Generation 911, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, at an E-911 Institute panel. 揥e want to be ready?for advanced E-911, she said. A model will help industry and policymakers see how it can work, she said. The 2-year, $11 million contract asks engineers to build something that 揾asn抰 been designed before,?she said, but is able to serve as a model that could be deployed across the U.S. Experts on the panel agreed the main bar to new networks is funding that抯 not rapidly forthcoming from the U.S