The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which if passed would facilitate the national switch to Next Gen 911, a digital replacement for 911 services. If passed in June vote, FCC rules would smooth transition and lower costs for service providers.
The Commission hopes the new rules will streamline the network outage notification process and align the requirements imposed on different service providers.
The FCC adopted a Second Report and Order at its Open Meeting on November 17, promulgating rules requiring service providers to deliver more timely and actionable information to 911 facilities during network outages.
FCC may adopt Public Safety Answering Points PSAPS network outage rules. Enterprise Wireless Association filed petition for FCC rulemaking to eliminate 800 MHz band frequency assignments to exclusive pool. USDA announced $759 million in funding for ReConnect Program.