Next generation E-911 is needed because ‘more people rely on wire...
Next generation E-911 is needed because “more people rely on wireless as their primary service” than have wireline only, said Willis Carter, president of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials. He addressed an event held in honor of…
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National Public Telecommunications Week. Each year about a third of 911 calls in the U.S. are wireless, according to the FCC, and 14 percent of households have only wireless phones, while 12 percent are wireline only, CTIA said. The main problem is that public safety answering points are “unable to receive multimedia information from wireless consumers,” though text messaging is gaining popularity, as is use of picture and video sharing on wireless phones, said Jason Barbour, president of the National Emergency Number Association.