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FCC Reaches Major Settlements Over 911 Communications Failures

The Enforcement Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications has entered into Consent Decrees with four major telecom carriers in connection with a system outage that prevented them from delivering 911 emergency c... Read More...

U.S. FCC Rule Strengthens Wireless 911 Location Accuracy Requirements

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken steps to strengthen its Enhanced 911 (E911) rules, thereby helping first responders more quickly locate 911 callers in multi-story buildings and other ... Read More...

FCC Settles 911 Outage Incidents

Two companies will pay nearly $600,000 in civil penalties to resolve investigations by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into related outages of their respective 911 emergency networks. Issued... Read More...

Companies Fined for Failing to Accept 911 Calls from Hearing Impaired

Three companies will pay a combined total final of $1.4 million for their inability to handle 911 emergency calls initiated by hearing-impaired customers. Hearing-impaired individuals are able to communicate... Read More...

Broward County 911 System Outages | In Compliance Magazine

Unknown Source Causing Regional 911 System to Fail

Emergency personnel have reported intermittent communication outages with the new regional 911 system that was installed in Broward County, FL. When an officer tries to make a call using the system, a “bonk... Read More...

FCC Implements New Rules to Spread Text-to-911 Availability

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new rules that will help to make text-to-911 services universally available to Americans by the end of 2014. In a Second Report and Order and Thir... Read More...

$100k Fine for Oklahoma Carrier for Failure to Route 911 Calls

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a financial forfeiture of $100,000 against an Oklahoma local telephone exchange carrier for failing to properly route 911 emergency calls. Accord... Read More...

Vermont 911 Blackout Caused by Multiple Equipment Failures

A 40-minute blackout of Vermont’s 911 system was caused by technical glitches and blocked 83 callers from reaching the dispatch center. The disruption of service occurred on Wednesday, August 6th from 12:15 pm to 12:55 pm.

FCC Acts to Help Emergency Responders Locate Wireless 911 Calls

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken steps to increase the indoor location accuracy of systems used by public safety officials to locate the source of 911 calls made from wireless phon... Read More...

FCC Proposes Rules to Foster Text-to-911 Services

Recognizing the widespread use of texting as a primary means of communication, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has called on texting service providers to accelerate the deployment of text-t... Read More...

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