T-Mobile USA asked FCC to review Wireless Bureau decision that di...
T-Mobile USA asked FCC to review Wireless Bureau decision that dismissed carrier’s request to modify its Enhanced 911 Phase 2 waiver. In application for review, T- Mobile said bureau’s order addressed only one of 3 requested changes in its…
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E-911 implementation plan. In Dec., Bureau referred compliance by Cingular and T-Mobile with E-911 Phase 2 requirements to Enforcement Bureau for possible action. Both companies had asked separately for extensions of handset deployment dates for Enhanced Observed Time Difference of Arrival (E-OTD) technology. They sought interim benchmarks beyond what FCC granted in Oct. 2001 waivers for Phase 2 rollout. In Dec. 2001, T-Mobile told FCC it didn’t expect to meet Dec. 31, 2002, date for implementing E-OTD solution for all valid requests from public safety answering points (PSAPs) pending as of June 30. Bureau order issued last month said because T-Mobile told agency it couldn’t meet proposed date that had been part of its amended Phase 2 waiver request, it no longer was appropriate to address requested changes in E-911 waiver. But in filing Mon., T-Mobile said Bureau had addressed only its request for Dec. 31, 2002, deadline to implement E-OTD solution for pending PSAP requests. It said order didn’t directly touch on other parts of its request, including limited change in its network software solution (NSS) deployment deadline and E-OTD handset benchmarks. T-Mobile’s Phase 2 implementation plan for E-911 includes rollout of network-based NSS solution that would cover all network users, regardless of PSAP request, and would be accurate within 1,000 m. Second part involves introducing E-OTD-capable handsets combined with network upgrades to better pinpoint caller’s location. T- Mobile said bureau’s basis for dismissal, which was that carrier said it would meet Dec. 31 E-OTD rollout deadline, “has no bearing on the other portions of the request.” It said it met proposed deadline changes in its NSS deployment and E-OTD handset rollout. “The Bureau’s failure to address 2 of the 3 requested modifications clearly is prejudicial procedural error warranting reversal and the Commission’s review,” T-Mobile said. Carrier said its amended waiver request didn’t receive “hard look” required by past FCC cases. “It received ‘no look,'” it said.