subject: FCC will be upgraded to 911 U.S. supports messaging and video telephony services [print this page] FCC will be upgraded to 911 U.SFCC will be upgraded to 911 U.S. supports messaging and video telephony services
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (hereinafter referred to as "FCC") will upgrade 911 emergency telephone service that allows users to video to mobile phones via SMS or even call center reporting crime.
911 is set in 1968 for the U.S. national standard. 911 call center to answer every year more than 230 million phones, of which approximately 70% of mobile phone. FCC conducted the last major upgrade of the 911 or 2001,Asus A42-A6 battery,when the FCC requires carriers to locate by GPS positioning or the base station to determine the location of the caller. Around 2005, some Internet phone companies are required to accept 911 calls, the phone go to the appropriate regional center.
However, the 911 system still can not handle SMS, MMS and streaming video, and event handlers for these messages is very helpful. In addition, if the 911 system to handle such information, the user will not have to worry about in the report by others when the eavesdropping, kidnapping and robbery which are useful.
In a press release issued on Tuesday,Sony VGP-BPS8 Battery, FCC noted that, in a similar shooting at Virginia Tech incident, so the system will play a role in the modernization. Press release said: "the technical limitations of the 911 brought a tragic ending. In 2007, the Virginia Tech campus shootings, students and witnesses trying to send text messages to 911, but the regional center failed to receive the information.
If the information to flow, the event handler will be able to reach the scene faster, better control of the situation. "
