Impact of VoIP E911
What impact will the recent VoIP E911 NPRM, by the FCC, have on CPE and providers?

    Requires Free Membership to View

    Login

    SearchUnifiedCommunications.com members gain immediate and unlimited access breaking industry news, expert advice on UC, technical guides, and more -- all at no cost. Join me on SearchUnifiedCommunications.com today!

    Kate Gerwig, Editorial Director

    By submitting your registration information to SearchUnifiedCommunications.com you agree to receive email communications from TechTarget and TechTarget partners. We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy which contains important disclosures about how we collect and use your registration and other information. If you reside outside of the United States, by submitting this registration information you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Your use of SearchUnifiedCommunications.com is governed by our Terms of Use. You may contact us at webmaster@TechTarget.com.

VoIP service providers will have to be able to transmit 911 calls along with a call back number and a customer's location information to a PSAP over the wired E911 network. In addition, they are going to have to work on collateral explaining their support for E911 and submit a letter to the FCC to indicate their compliance with the order.

This is going to cost VoIP service providers additional money and that charge will likely be passed along to their customers.

For the CPE manufacturers, it will likely be decided that all new equipment provided starting from a certain time next year must be capable of providing location information. This will likely mean additional software will be required to support this feature.

This was first published in June 2005