Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2733-1002337655-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 05 Oct 2001 20:11:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 25758 invoked by uid 510); 6 Oct 2001 03:09:30 -0000 Received: from n28.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.78) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 6 Oct 2001 03:09:30 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2733-1002337655-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.223] by n28.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 06 Oct 2001 03:09:29 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 6 Oct 2001 03:07:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 50650 invoked from network); 6 Oct 2001 03:07:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.223 with QMQP; 6 Oct 2001 03:07:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 6 Oct 2001 03:09:29 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id UAA26371 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 20:09:29 -0700 Message-Id: <200110060309.UAA26371@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 20:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:FCC.OKs.Delayed.Deployment.Plans.for.E-911] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FCC OKs Delayed Deployment Plans for E-911 Reuters, 10/5/2001 <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011005/tc/telecoms_fcc_e911_dc_1.html">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011005/tc/telecoms_fcc_e911_dc_1.html> U.S. federal regulators conditionally approved on Friday requests by five wireless companies to extend the timetable for more precisely pinpointing the location of people calling 911 from their mobile telephones. The Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) said the biggest U.S. mobile telephone carriers Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications (Nasdaq:NXTL - news) had met all the requirements for providing plans for phasing in enhanced 911 services. Yet, the agency said it was involved in discussions with Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (NYSE:AWE - news) for possible enforcement action against the two for failing to timely submit its compliance plans for part of their networks. ``I am disappointed and unsatisfied with the progress we have made, thus far,'' FCC (news - web sites) Chairman Michael Powell said in a statement. ``I know and respect that carriers have made concerted strides in this area, but those efforts must be re-doubled.'' Oct. 1 was the deadline for U.S. wireless companies to begin offering improved location capability on their networks but most have asked the FCC to delay implementation because of troubles they said they have had obtaining the necessary technology and handsets in time. Sprint PCS (NYSE:FON - news)(NYSE:PCS - news), the No. 4 wireless carrier, began this week selling a mobile telephone handset made by Samsung Electronics that has global positioning system location functionality but the service won't be available until November and only then in one market, Rhode Island. The FCC said its enforcement bureau will be charged with ensuring compliance with the deployment schedules and the carriers will have to file progress reports every three months, starting in February. ``We can do better than this -- we must do better than this. Enhanced 911 will save lives,'' said FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. He was the only commissioner to oppose granting some of the waiver requests, specifically Verizon's and Nextel's. Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - news) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L). Cingular Wireless is a joint venture of BellSouth Corp. (NYSE:BLS - news) and SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC - news). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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