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The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and AT&T continu...

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and AT&T continue to support a proposal they filed last year, along with Verizon Wireless and the Association of Public- Safety Communications Officials (APCO), for revised E-911 location accuracy rules, they said in…

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new comments at the FCC. “We are interested in hearing from those carriers who did not support the proposal last year to determine if the same concerns remain a year later,” NENA said. “We also look forward to hearing from other parties to determine if any technological advancements have been made that might augment the ability to comply with our earlier proposals.” AT&T said it remains “firmly committed to improving wireless E911 location accuracy” rules. “APCO, NENA, and AT&T propose the adoption of aggressive accuracy standards and county level compliance benchmarks that will spur development and deployment of the technological advances necessary to improve location accuracy,” the telco said.