Requirements in a May 17 order from the...
Requirements in a May 17 order from the FCC (http://bit.ly/10fbdA1), on what happens when a subscriber sends a text message to 911, were not addressed in a standard developed by the Telecommunications Industry Association and ATIS, and will require additional…
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work, AT&T said in a meeting with commission officials. The carrier said new requirements could force the suspension of text-to-911 trials already under way. “The mandates for a ’temporary shutdown/overload bounceback message’ and a ‘roaming bounceback message’ were not accounted for in the ATIS/TIA joint industry standard solution for text-to-911 services and, thus, will require additional development by ATIS/TIA,” AT&T said in a filing on the meeting (http://bit.ly/17JEN2Z). “The ‘roaming bounceback’ rule may require additional clarification” on “the extent ... this obligation is merely for the ‘home carrier’ (i.e. the carrier of the customer originating the message) to provide a bounceback message about the unavailability of text-to-911 services when customers attempt to send text messages to 911 while roaming,” said the filing. The new rules take effect June 28.