The Okla. Corporation Commission approved SBC tariffs for provisi...
The Okla. Corporation Commission approved SBC tariffs for provision of wireless E911 capabilities to local govts. that base charges on population. SBC serves 107 of the state’s 111 911 emergency calling centers. The final tariffs represented a compromise between…
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BellSouth’s original plan to charge per-call fees, and localities’ insistence on flat-rate fees. Under the tariffs, BellSouth will charge localities a one-time fee of $101.54 and monthly fee of $8.12 per 1,000 people for Phase One wireless location ability that locates callers to the nearest cellphone tower. It will charge an additional one-time fee of $87.31 and extra monthly fee of $2.71 per 1,000 people when it upgrades to Phase 2 location capability that can pinpoint a wireless caller’s exact location. Under state law, localities must get voter approval for monthly phone bill surcharges of up to 50 cents on wireless bills to offset the costs of wireless E911. Five counties have approved the surcharges. With the SBC tariffs approved, the remaining counties expect to put the fees before their voters this fall and next year.