The FCC should seek more comment on emergency calling issues for ...
The FCC should seek more comment on emergency calling issues for IP-based telecom relay services after it adopts a 10-digit numbering plan, said Sorenson Communications. In a meeting with the Consumer & Government Affairs Bureau, Sorenson urged the FCC…
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to “move forward to E911 as quickly as possible,” according to an ex parte. Sorenson raised several questions, including how interpreters should handle emergency calls and how to update location information. Commissioners will vote on an order and further notice of proposed rulemaking on the plan at the June 12 FCC meeting (CD June 6 p4). The order will require implementation of the plan by the end of 2008, while the further notice will ask about CPNI, slamming, cost recovery, E911 and related issues, said a lawyer close to the proceeding. The FCC aims to release an order on the further notice before fully implementing the 10- digit plan, the lawyer said.