The U.S. wants bidders on a next-generation E-911 system architec...
The U.S. wants bidders on a next-generation E-911 system architecture model assuming an IP-based network. That was the message Tues. from Jenny Hansen, project coordinator-Next Generation 911, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, at an E-911 Institute panel. “We want to…
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be ready” for advanced E-911, she said. A model will help industry and policymakers see how it can work, she said. The 2-year, $11 million contract asks engineers to build something that “hasn’t been designed before,” she said, but is able to serve as a model that could be deployed across the U.S. Experts on the panel agreed the main bar to new networks is funding -- not rapidly forthcoming from the U.S. In the long run, advanced networks likely will save carriers money by eliminating maintenance of multiple transfer points and call centers for emergency calls by creating a more mobile and flexible system, the panelists said.