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APCO seeks separate E-911 orders

Published Friday, August 10, 2007

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) this week reinforced its desire that the FCC rule quickly on the first half of its E-911 proceeding, which tentatively concludes that wireless carriers should meet the FCC’s E-911 location accuracy standard within each PSAP territory. APCO raised the issue when its Project LOCATE study revealed that many PSAPs do not receive reliable location information from wireless phones that are used to dial 911. None of these carriers are considered to be non-compliant under the FCC standard, which lets carriers average large regions—such as entire states—when computing accuracy data for compliance ...

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