At request of Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF), FC...
At request of Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF), FCC Wireless Bureau agreed to stay implementation deadline for programming new 911-only wireless handsets and donated handsets that weren’t service-initialized. Bureau stayed Oct. 1 date for programming phones with identification number…
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123-456-7890 after ESIF presented information about new technology solution it said was more effective. Requirement for programmable code as phone number/mobile identification number is intended to solve lack of callback capability of handsets when 911 calls are dialed. Other mobile phones provide callback number for public safety answering points (PSAPs) when 911 is dialed. FCC had required manufacturers of 911-only wireless handsets to program each device with same code starting Oct. 1 but ESIF requested stay and filed petition for reconsideration outlining proposal based on technical standard developed by Telecommunications Industry Assn. (TIA) and Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). Solution proposes use of wireless handset’s electronic serial number or international mobile station equipment ID to create “surrogate number” for callback purposes. ESIF said numbering system would allow PSAP to prevent misuse of 911 system as result of repeat, harassment calls made on noninitialized phones and to identify legitimate emergency callers making multiple 911 calls. Another issue ESIF raised was that required 123-456-7890 number also was valid international roaming mobile ID number (MIN). Using it for callback purposes could remove one million numbers from international roaming MIN assignment pool, ESIF said. Verizon Wireless had told FCC it already had required vendors to deliver equipment based on solution developed by TIA and ATIS. To comply with existing requirement, Verizon said, it would have to ask its equipment suppliers to disable function that would allow transmission of 911 calls under ATIS solution in favor of FCC requirement. Bureau said it would act on ESIF petition quickly. “We find that somewhat delayed implementation of one requirement better serves the public interest than the potentially disruptive sequential implementation of 2 different requirements over a short period of time,” bureau said.