Verizon Wireless is asking for what public safety considers a...
Verizon Wireless is asking for what public safety considers a significant change in E-911 wireless location accuracy, an issue tentatively on the agenda for a vote at next week’s open FCC meeting. FCC officials said the order has gotten some…
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discussion in recent days, though not nearly as much as proposed white spaces rules (CD Aug 16 p1). In an agreement with the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International and the National Emergency Numbering Association, that the FCC was expected to ratify, Verizon and other CDMA carriers would have been allowed to exclude data from up to 15 percent of counties from being taken into account in assessing its accuracy in pinpointing the emergency calls, provided the counties were forested. Verizon asked for a change, allowing it to exclude 15 percent of counties for “any reason.” APCO and NENA protested, saying that’s not what was in the agreement they worked out with the carrier in 2008. “Limiting the exclusion to heavily forested areas was a material element of the negotiated agreement. Our concern had been, and remains, that a broader exclusion could lead to substantial areas receiving substandard location accuracy for E911 calls.” Verizon said the change is a matter of fairness and brings the agreement more in line with one for GMS-based carriers worked out between the public safety groups and AT&T.