GCI Raises Location-Based Routing Concerns at FCC
Alaska’s GCI representatives met with staff from the FCC’s Public Safety Bureau on an FCC proposal that carriers more precisely route wireless 911 calls and texts to public safety answering points through location-based routing (LBR) (see 2212210047). “GCI provided additional…
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information at staff’s request regarding the current routing protocols for text messages on GCI’s network,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-64. “A preferable alternative would be to develop more effective standards-based protocols whereby handsets provide location in the initial message method (i.e., the message header) to effectively facilitate timely LBR,” the carrier said: “The message architecture and supporting network architecture do not currently operate this way, and additional standards development and industry agreement would be required.” Parts of the filing were redacted.