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More than 2/3 of Americans live in areas where wireless 911 calls...

More than 2/3 of Americans live in areas where wireless 911 calls provide emergency operators with basic enhanced 911 information, such as caller location and call back number, the National Emergency Number Assn. (NENA) said. Still, 57.3% of counties…

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aren’t providing this information, said NENA. “Much work still needs to be done to provide this life-saving service in the significantly high number of counties, predominately rural, where it is still not available,” said NENA Pres. David Jones. “The public needs and deserves wireless E9-1, regardless of where they live or where they may visit or travel through.”