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Articles tagged with: E911 and Federal Communications Commission
Shipments of GPS-Enabled Mobile Handsets to More than Quadruple by 2011
Global shipments of mobile handsets equipped with GPS capability are expected to more than quadruple from 2006 to 2011 due to the U.S. government's mandate for Emergency 911 (e911) capability as well as wireless operators' initiatives to offer Location-Based Services (LBSs), according to iSuppli. more
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Cingular and Sprint Fail Consumer Survey
Cingular and Sprint were among the lower-rated performers in Consumer Reports latest annual survey of cell phone users. The survey was conducted by Consumer Reports National Research Center and included almost 43,000 subscribers in 20 major metropolitan areas across the country. more
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Sprint Nextel Asks FCC For 2-Year Extension On 911 Deadline
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) on Thursday asked the Federal Communications Commission for a two-year extension on a deadline requiring wireless handsets to have certain enhanced 911 capabilities by the end of the year. more
Location tracking for Puerto Rico
Centennial Puerto Rico Operations Corporation (Centennial de Puerto Rico) has signed an agreement to purchase Andrew Corporation's Geometrix e911 wireless caller location systems to provide public safety agencies with accurate caller location information on cellular calls to 911. more
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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. more
Problems in deploying emergency tracking - report
The USA's General Accounting Office (GAO) has reported that only 65% of emergency centers are ready for the deployment of location tracking of emergency phone calls (E-911). The GAO says that implementation of wireless e911 is several years away in many states, raising the prospect of piecemeal availability of this service across the country for an indefinite number of years to come. Successful implementation depends on coordinated efforts by wireless carriers, local telephone companies, and more than 6,000 public safety answering points (PSAPs)-the facilities that receive 911 calls and dispatch assistance. more
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The US based, National Emergency Number Association (NENA) has applauded Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell for issuing new guidance for wireless phone consumers and launching a nationwide public awareness campaign about wireless "E9-1-1." more
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Call to make E911 an urgent priority
Upgrading local emergency call centers managing the 911 systems so that they can instantly identify the location of a wireless caller must become one of America's top public policy priorities, leading public safety and telecom officials insisted last week. more
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CellPoint adds CDMA support to its location based solutions
CellPoint has announced that it has evolved its Mobile Location System (MLS) location product to operate on CDMA networks. CellPoint's MLS now has the capability to work on virtually every mobile network in the world. This development is a direct response to demand from CDMA operators. more
Qualcomm GPS enabled handsets pass one million mark
Qualcomm has said that more than one million gpsOne-enabled devices are now in commercial use in Japan, South Korea and the United States. With major deployments on CDMA networks in Asia and the United States, Qualcomm's gpsOne technology is the world's most widely deployed personal location system for mobile phones. more
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