The N.Y. legislature passed a wireless E-911 bill (AB- 7448) that...
The N.Y. legislature passed a wireless E-911 bill (AB- 7448) that would require wireless carriers to warn their customers that E-911 automatic location capability may not work with the cellular phone service and that customers should tell 911 operators…
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where they are. The bill sent to Gov. George Pataki (R) would require an E-911 warning label on cellphones and in the prepackaged information included with the phones. Wireless service bills would have to include a reminder about E-911 limitations along with an estimate of when the carrier expects to be fully compliant with E-911 location capability.