Apple Urges Language Change in 911 Order; Cisco Asks FCC to Publicize Rule
Apple wants the FCC to tweak language when members vote on a draft order on direct dialing to 911 when non-fixed interconnected VoIP service is used. Add the words “to call 911” so the order reads: “The service provider must…
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identify whether the service is being used to call 911 from a different location than the Registered Location,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-261. Cisco in the same proceeding said the FCC, if it adopts the order at Thursday's commissioners' meeting, should publicize multi-line telephone system requirements to business organizations. “While nearly all such organizations have members which operate facilities where MLTS is deployed, their members do not typically track Commission actions,” Cisco said.