Assn. of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) opposed re...
Assn. of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) opposed request to FCC by T-Mobile USA that it review Wireless Bureau’s dismissal of requested modification of its Enhanced 911 Phase 2 waiver. Last month, T-Mobile filed application for review that said Bureau’s…
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order addressed only one of 3 requested changes in its E-911 implementation plan. Late last year, Bureau referred compliance by Cingular and T-Mobile with E-911 Phase 2 requirements to Enforcement Bureau for possible action. In its opposition, APCO said: “T-Mobile’s application for review strains all credulity and is intended only to further delay deployment of E-911’s critical life-saving services.” Request “diverts significant resources” to discussion of merits of T-Mobile’s waiver requests and changes in amendments of previous requests instead of focusing on how to fix problem, APCO said. “While T-Mobile asserts that it merely needs more time to deploy its E-OTD solution, and that its interim efforts to deploy this system should be duly noted by the Commission, the rest of the industry has apparently concluded that E-OTD will never meet the Commission’s E-911 location requirements,” APCO said. It said Bureau acted appropriately when it took steps to ensure T-Mobile sought “path to compliance” instead of further delays caused by proposed fix that “has never fully materialized.”