Wireless carriers are making progress at deploying E- 911 locatio...

PSAPs serving about 206 million residents in 48 states. It said it provides Phase II E- 911 service to 2,075 PSAPs serving about 169 million residents in 44 states. Verizon Wireless, which sought a 6-month extension of the 95% penetration milestone, said 91% of customers have GPS-capable handsets; it expects 93% penetration by year’s end. T-Mobile described “vigorous” progress in its E-911 deployment efforts since Aug. T-Mobile satisfied 1,175 requests for Phase I service where it has coverage, covering 2,578 PSAPs, and 730 requests for Phase II service, covering 1,890 PSAPs, the firm said. Cingular said it received 4,048 valid PSAP requests for Phase I service on its GSM network, of which it satisfied 3,671, with 377 in progress. The carrier also received 3,074 PSAP requests for Phase II service on its GSM network, of which 2,096 have been handled and 978 are in progress. Cingular had 3,649 PSAP requests for Phase I service on its TDMA network, of which 3,287 have been satisfied and 362 are in progress. It had 2,721 requests for Phase II service on its TDMA network, of which 1,826 have been taken care of, with 895 in progress. During the 3rd quarter, Sprint Nextel said, it completed 57 Phase II PSAP launches and 94 Phase I launches on its CDMA network and 98 Phase II PSAP launches and 80 Phase I launches on its iDEN network. In that time, Sprint Nextel said, it brought its total Phase I deployments to 2,767 PSAPs on its CDMA network, and to 1,481 PSAPs on its iDEN network. It also brought its total Phase II deployments to 1,886 PSAPs on its CDMA network, and to 1,035 PSAPs on its iDEN network, Phase I and II services are available in parts of 48 states, Puerto Rico and D.C., Sprint Nextel said.