The FCC should not require carriers to implement SMS as...
The FCC should not require carriers to implement SMS as an interim solution for texting to 911, except on a voluntary basis, CTIA and the major wireless carriers said in a meeting at the FCC with Public Safety Bureau officials.…
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“While CTIA’s member companies explore whether the use of SMS as an emergency communications service is technically, economically and operationally feasible, meeting attendees reviewed significant technical and public policy complexities that must be addressed before SMS-to-911 services can be nationally deployed,” said a CTIA ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bm4xwr). “Specifically, CTIA suggested that any voluntary approach must be standards-based to allow wireless service providers the flexibility to support SMS-to-911 consistent with each service provider’s existing and unique network architectures.” Attendees noted that the wireless industry is only part of the equation. “Meeting attendees discussed the Commission’s efforts to ensure that [public safety answering points] will simultaneously have the technical, operational and funding capabilities to accept, process and respond to text-based emergency communications from wireless consumers."