Wireless carriers got another 30 days to file at the...
Wireless carriers got another 30 days to file at the FCC a list of counties where they're unable to easily meet new E911 location accuracy requirements (http://xrl.us/bkxdai). The agency approved tougher location accuracy rules last year, adopting a compromise worked…
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out between major carriers, APCO and the National Emergency Number Association (CD Sept 24 p 6). The Public Safety Bureau order let carriers using network based technologies exclude locations where at least three cell sites aren’t sufficiently visible to a handset to determine a caller’s location. For wireless carriers using handset-based technologies, the order allows the exclusion of up to 15 percent of counties or public safety answering point service areas from the 150-meter requirement based on heavy forestation. Carriers were supposed to submit a list of these exclusion areas Tuesday. The new deadline is July 28. “The extension will promote the public interest by providing public safety entities and the public with more accurate and informative Exclusion Reports while facilitating the Commission’s monitoring of carrier compliance with location accuracy benchmarks and timelines,” an order said.