Cellular Carriers Applaud FCC's Efforts to Enhance Effectiveness of Cellular 9-1-1.SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1996--The Cellular Carriers Association of California today announced its support of the Federal Communications Commission's decision to adopt a plan jointly proposed by the cellular phone industry and public safety agencies to provide technology that will enhance Cellular 9-1-1. "The new technology called Enhanced 9-1-1 will help improve the delivery of emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' in California," said Steve Carlson Steve Carlson can refer to:
CCAC Community Care Access Centre CCAC Canadian Council on Animal Care CCAC Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada CCAC Continuing Care Accreditation Commission ). "The FCC's adoption of the plan is a major step forward for the cellular phone industry, public safety agencies and cellular phone users." A difficult challenge in cellular communications, unlike wireline, is location identification. For most wireline customers, when a caller dials 9-1-1 the emergency dispatchers can immediately identify the callers' exact location. That's because wireline phones don't move. But in the cellular industry, the technology is just emerging that will enable emergency dispatchers to identify a caller's location. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. CCAC, within 18 months cellular phone companies will be able to provide the technology to report the nearest cell site receiving an emergency call and the caller's number. Within five years, the technology will be in place to report the exact location within one-tenth of a mile. Carlson said cellular customers will be notified as the Enhanced 9-1-1 system is working in their area. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , the association urges all Cellular 9-1-1 callers to identify major landmarks or mile markers to help pinpoint their location, and not to hang up until the dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. asks them to end the call. Carlson added that cellular phone users should call Cellular 9-1-1 for emergencies ONLY. The Cellular Carriers Association of California represents most of the carriers doing business in the state, including AirTouch Cellular, AT&T Wireless Services Company, BellSouth Cellular, Cal North Cellular, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Mobilnet, Mountain Cellular, Santa Clara Cellular Telephone Inc., United States Cellular, Bay Area Cellular, and LA Cellular. CONTACT: Cellular Carriers Association of California Tina Harris, 916/442-2331 |
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