Technologie i telekomunikacja · 29.10.2013

Next Generation 911; Text-to-911; Next Generation 911 Applications

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) amends the text-to-911 "bounce-back" requirement as it applies to Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers when consumers are roaming. In the May 2013 Bounce-Back Order, FCC 13-64, the Commission required all CMRS providers and providers of interconnected text messaging services to provide an automatic "bounce-back" text message in situations where a consumer attempts to send a text message to 911 in a location where text-to-911 is not available. This document amends the rule to specify that when a consumer attempts to send a text to 911 while roaming on a CMRS network, the CMRS provider offering roaming service (host provider) satisfies its bounce-back obligation provided that it does not impede the consumer's text to the consumer's home network provider (home provider) or impede any bounce-back message generated by the home provider back to the consumer.