FCC Launches Campaign on Compliance With Multiline Emergency Calling Rules
The FCC is launching an effort to encourage operators of multiline telephone systems (MLTS) to bring their systems into compliance with agency rules for calls to 911, Zenji Nakazawa, acting chief of the Public Safety Bureau, said in a Monday blog post. In 2019, the FCC adopted rules to ensure that MLTS users can call 911 and obtain assistance from first responders (see 1908050045).
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The FCC is releasing a fact sheet on MLTS, Nakazawa wrote. “In the coming months, we will be amplifying this message through email outreach and by providing information at conferences and on our website,” he said. “We will also coordinate with state and local 911 authorities on our outreach initiative.” Compliance matters, Nakazawa said, adding that the rules are “required by law” and ensure “that MLTS fully support 911," which "is essential to protecting the life, health, and safety of the people who work, visit, shop, study, or live where there is an MLTS."