The U.S.’s four national wireless carriers remain on...
The U.S.’s four national wireless carriers remain on track to have text-to-911 services by May, CTIA said in a filing Wednesday. CTIA executives met with a public safety adviser to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Dec. 6 to discuss E911 and…
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cybersecurity issues. The executives noted that the carriers’ progress on text-to-911 “represents an important step toward a comprehensive Next Generation 911 system” that meets the needs of the accessibility community. The wireless industry is also actively participating in the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council’s work to develop a new phase for its Indoor Location Test Bed for E911 technologies, CTIA said. CTIA’s Cybersecurity Working Group is also actively working with federal agencies, Congress and standards bodies on cyber issues, including working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology on the Cybersecurity Framework (http://bit.ly/1cSsdeL).