"Location Accuracy"
FCC Signals Support, Issues Public Notice on APCO, NENA, Carriers Location Accuracy Plan
November 20, 2014Since last Friday’s bulletin notifying you of APCO’s success in joining with NENA to reach a landmark consensus plan with the nation’s four largest carriers to improve wireless 9-1-1 location accuracy for both indoor and outdoor calls, we have made significant progress.
Read full articleAPCO and NENA Reach Consensus Plan with Major Wireless Carriers on Improvements to Locating 9-1-1 Callers
November 15, 2014Today, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, International and the National Emergency Number Association have reached a consensus plan with the major wireless carriers that we will present to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for making significant progress in locating 9-1-1 callers in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Read full articlePutnam County (W.Va.) 9-1-1 Mapping Project Nears Completion
April 16, 2014The controversial 9-1-1 addressing project in Putnam County (W.Va.) is nearly complete, and officials are now turning their attention to fixing any mistakes before the finalized addresses are sent to mapping companies.
Read full articleAPCO Applauds FCC Action to Explore Ways to Improve Wireless 9-1-1 Location Accuracy
February 20, 2014Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed rules and launched a further inquiry to ensure that accurate caller location information is automatically provided to public safety officials for all wireless calls to 9-1-1, including indoor calls.
Read full article9-1-1 Cell Callers in Seal Beach May Not Get Local Personnel
April 26, 2013SEAL BEACH — The kitchen fire may have been small, but the recent incident in Old Town has sparked big concerns among city officials about the city’s 9-1-1 emergency system.
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January 15, 2013BANCROFT – Wayne Asbury said he’s not moving the decorative rock his daughter bought him. It sits along his driveway and displays the numbers of his street address. Well, what used to be his street address.
Read full articleConfusion Reigns Where Streets Have Similar Names
October 17, 2012More than a dozen streets in Epping have similar names. There’s Lamprey River Drive, Lamprey Village Court and Lamprey Lane.
Read full articlePublic Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Releases Agenda for Workshop on Upcoming Test Bed to Improve Indoor Location Accuracy for Wireless 9-1-1 Calls
October 15, 2012WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 — The Federal Communications Commission issued the following press release: Consumers are increasingly abandoning landline telephony in…
Read full articleWireless E9-1-1 Phase II Location Accuracy Requirements; Federal Register Extracts
July 25, 2012Under the new rule section adopted by Third Report and Order, all new CMRS providers, in delivering emergency calls for Enhanced 911 service, must satisfy the handset-based location accuracy standard at either a county-based or Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)-based geographic level.
Read full articleProblem: 9-1-1 Calls from Cell Phones, in Buildings
March 27, 2012MANCHESTER – Cell phones are so prevalent these days that even 9-1-1 calls from inside buildings are made more often from cell phones than desk phones.
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