Unnamed Operator Speeds E911 Deployment

Wireless Facilities has been awarded nationwide work under its Master Service Agreement for Enhanced 911 (E911) deployment by one of the top six national wireless carriers in the United States.

Under this contract, WFI will perform the engineering and installation services necessary to bring as many as 3,000 of the carrier's existing wireless sites into compliance with current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Phase II E911 regulations. WFI has commenced these services in California, Michigan, New Hampshire and West Virginia.

The FCC's E911 regulations require that wireless carriers identify to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) the location of 911 calls originating from within their networks. Phase II of the E-911 program generally requires that 911 calls be located accurately to within 50-100 meters. Many of existing wireless telecommunication facilities require the installation of new equipment, including radio and/or antenna components, in order to successfully achieve this new level of accuracy.

"WFI's strong track record on equipment overlays to provide both increased network capacity and technology upgrades made this program a perfect fit for us," said Eric M. DeMarco, President and Chief Operating Officer of WFI. "We are very pleased that a major client has entrusted to us a program critical to both public safety and FCC compliance," DeMarco concluded."

Posted to the site on 29th March 2004