More people are calling 911 from mobile phones, T-Mobile National...
More people are calling 911 from mobile phones, T-Mobile National External Affairs Manager Mark Wilson told NATOA Saturday in New Orleans. There were 55,000 daily 911 calls from mobile phones in 1996, about 260,000 in 2006 and more than 400,000…
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in 2012, according to his presentation. These statistics also appear on CTIA’s wireless fact sheet (http://xrl.us/bnr7sg). “People are moving to a wireless only,” he said. He showcased similar leaps in the number of text messages sent and called texting “the preferred mode of communication.” These trends mean “enormous exponential increases in the data” bandwidth required, he said. T-Mobile wants to use more rights of way space “because it often works for the local community and for the wireless carriers,” he said. T-Mobile is currently undergoing a broad modernization campaign and expects to update more than 37,000 cell sites and begin LTE deployment by the end of 2013, he said. The company has “several billions in cash” and significant spectrum as a result of the failed merger with AT&T, which will help enable the company to provide “seamless coverage in residential areas,” he said. It'll also mean superior voice quality and handling of data, he added.