The Assn. of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) said T...
The Assn. of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) said Tues. it didn’t agree with a recommendation in the National Emergency Number Assn. (NENA) Strategic Wireless Action Team (SWAT) report on E911 handset replacement. The report recommended that the FCC…
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relax a current mandate that required wireless carriers using a handset-based E911 Phase 2 solution to meet a 95% penetration rate by the end of 2005. APCO said it “strongly disagrees” with that recommendation. NENA also said last week it opposed any delay in the FCC deadline for wireless service providers using a handset-based solution (CD Feb 9 p8). Nextel last year called on the FCC to lift its Dec. 31, 2005, deadline for handsets to be Phase 2 capable as long as interim benchmark dates for handset deployment were met. APCO said the extent to which a public safety answering point could locate callers depended on the rate at which “old handsets are replaced by new models with location capabilities.” APCO said all carriers should be held to the current handset penetration requirements. “Why wouldn’t we hold the carriers accountable for making their handset penetration requirements?,” asked APCO 2nd Vp Wanda McCarley.