CCA Proposes Alternative Plan to 911 Location Accuracy Road Map for Smaller Carriers
The Competitive Carriers Association filed a document proposing alternate rules for smaller carriers for indoor wireless location accuracy, taking into account the differences between smaller carriers and the four national carriers, which signed on to a proposed industry road map…
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(see 1411190064). CCA proposes an alternative to the proposed test bed, which is supposed to evaluate possible location solutions. The “vast majority” of CCA carrier members don’t hold spectrum licenses or other authorizations in markets where the test bed will be located, CCA said. “The Parallel Path fosters opportunities for non-nationwide carriers to nonetheless take advantage of the test bed process.” CCA also proposed that smaller carriers be given additional time to meet various benchmarks, since they're not deploying LTE and VoLTE as quickly as the big companies. “Smaller providers also have trouble getting access to cutting edge devices that include advanced features, such as the A-GNSS capability contemplated by the Roadmap,” the association said in docket 07-114. “Subscribers in rural areas, who have fewer choices in available devices as compared to subscribers in metro areas, are less prone to upgrade their devices -- compounding this problem.”