The FCC moved forcefully to light a fire under carriers on wirele...
The FCC moved forcefully to light a fire under carriers on wireless E-911 but didn’t do as well on public safety answering point (PSAP) readiness, Vp Michael Amarosa of technology vendor TruePosition told a VON [voice on the Net]…
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conference in San Jose late Tues. “They're fining people like I've never seen before,” he said, referring to companies such as AT&T and T-Mobile: “They've decided there will be no more waivers” on benchmark deadlines. But Commission left monitoring of PSAPs to state regulators, Amarosa said: “It’s probably a federal issue that’s going to have to be addressed.” Homeland security initiatives can jump-start E- 911 as well as commercial opportunities that come with it, he said. “If you don’t know where you are, it becomes very difficult” for anyone to help in an emergency, as is often the case with people in unfamiliar surroundings, Amarosa said. The FCC’s Homeland Security Policy Council will play a major role, he said. The House Telecom Subcommittee is expected to hold hearings early in May on how the FCC was moving E-911 deployment and how much should be appropriated, Amarosa said.