Sprint Nextel seeks more time to find 911 callers
A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday asked regulators for more time to meet a December 31 deadline that 95 percent of its customers' wireless phones be capable of identifying the location of a user making a 911 emergency call.
The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier will only reach 80 percent by the end of this year and will need until the end of 2007 to reach the 95 percent goal, according to its waiver request filed with the Federal Communications Commission.
The industry's lobbying organization, CTIA, has asked the FCC to suspend the December 31 deadline for 95 percent of all wireless handsets to be able to pinpoint the location of a caller to 911 emergency services.
Sprint Nextel said part of the difficulty with complying with the deadline was a software problem, as well as some customers who have not bought newer handsets that have location technology embedded such as the Global Positioning System.
posted by Fergie @ 9/29/2005 03:48:00 PM
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