[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40348-40352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19662]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 20

[CC Docket No. 94-102; FCC 96-264]


Compatibility of Wireless Services With Enhanced 911

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Report and 
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that creates rules to 
govern the availability of basic 911 services and the implementation of 
Enhanced 911 (E911) for wireless services. (The summary of the Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking portion of this decision may be found 
elsewhere in this edition of the Federal Register). The primary goal of 
this proceeding is to promote safety of life and property through the 
use of wireless communications, ensure broad availability of wireless 
911 services, by creating a uniform, nationwide standard concerning the 
processing of 911 calls from wireless handsets, and establish a 
timetable for the development and deployment of technologies that will 
enable wireless carriers and emergency service providers to identify 
the location of wireless 911 callers.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter G. Wolfe, Policy Division, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-1310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Report and Order 
(``R&O'') portion of the Commission's Report and Order and Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 94-104; FCC 96-264, 
adopted June 12, 1996, and released July 26, 1996. The summary of the 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking portion of this decision may be 
found elsewhere in this edition of the Federal Register. The complete 
text of this R&O is available for inspection and copying during normal 
business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, 
N.W. Washington, D.C., and may be purchased from the Commission's copy 
contractor, International Transcription Service, (202) 857-3800, 2100 M 
Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037.

Synopsis of the Report and Order

    1. In the R&O, the Commission adopted several requirements and made 
them applicable to all cellular licensees, broadband Personal 
Communications Service (PCS), and certain Specialized Mobile Radio 
(SMR) licensees.1 These SMR providers include 800 MHz and 900 MHz 
SMR licensees that hold geographic area licensees, as well as incumbent 
wide area SMR licensees defined as licensees who have obtained extended 
implementation authorizations in the 800 MHz or 900 MHz SMR service, 
either by waiver or under Section 90.629 of the Commission's Rules. The 
covered SMR providers include only licensees that offer real-time, tow-
way switched voice service that is interconnected with the public 
switched network, either on a stand-alone basis or packaged with other 
telecommunications services. These classes of licensees are hereafter 
referred to as ``covered carriers.'' Certain other SMR licensees and 
Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) carriers are exempt from our 
requirements.
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    \1\ The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking initiating this proceeding 
may be found at 59 FR 54878, November 2, 1994.
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    2. For basic 911 services, the R&O first requires that, not later 
than 12 months after the effective date of the rules adopted in this 
proceeding, covered carriers must process and transmit to any 
appropriate PSAPs all 911 calls made from wireless mobile handsets 
which transmit a code identification,2 including calls initiated 
by roamers. The processing and transmission of such calls shall not be 
subject to any user validation or similar procedure that otherwise may 
be invoked by the covered carrier.
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    \2\ The term ``code identification,'' when used in this Order in 
conjunction with 911 calls, means (1) in the case of calls 
transmitted over the facilities of a covered carrier other than a 
Specialized Mobile Radio carrier that is subject to the requirements 
of this Order, a call originated from a mobile unit which has a 
Mobile Identification Number (MIN); and (2) in the case of calls 
transmitted over the facilities of a Specialized Mobile Radio 
carrier that is subject to the requirements of this Order, a call 
originated from a mobile unit which has the functional equivalent of 
a MIN. A MIN is a 34-bit binary number that a PCS or cellular 
handset transmits as part of the process of identifying itself to 
wireless networks. Each handset has one MIN, and it is derived from 
the ten-digit North American Numbering Plan (NANP) telephone number 
that is programmed into the handset by a CMRS provider generally 
when it initiates service for a new subscriber. See, e.g., EIA/TIA 
Standard 553, Mobile Station--Land Station Compatibility 
Specification, September 1989, at 2.3.1.
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    3. In the case of 911 calls made from wireless mobile handsets that 
do not transmit a code identification, not later than 12 months after 
the effective date of the rules adopted in this proceeding, covered 
carriers must process and transmit such calls to any appropriate PSAP 
which previously has issued a formal instruction to the carrier

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involved that the PSAP desires to receive such calls from the carrier.
    4. Not later than 12 months after the effective date of the rules 
adopted in this proceeding, covered carriers must be capable of 
transmitting calls by individuals with speech or hearing disabilities 
through devices used in conjunction with or as a substitute for 
traditional wireless mobile handsets, e.g., through the use of Text 
Telephone Devices (TTY) to local 911 services.
    5. The implementation and deployment of enhanced 911(E911) features 
and functions will be accomplished in two phases. Under Phase I, not 
later than 12 months after the effective date of the rules adopted in 
this proceeding, covered carriers must have initiated the actions 
necessary to enable them to relay a caller's Automatic Number 
Identification (ANI) and the location of the base station or cell site 
receiving a 911 call to the designated PSAP. Not later than 18 months 
after the effective date of the rules adopted in this R&O, such 
carriers must have completed these actions. These capabilities will 
allow the PSAP attendant to call back if the 911 call is disconnected.
    6. Under Phase II, not later than five years after the effective 
date of the rules adopted in this proceeding, covered carriers are 
required to achieve the capability to identify the latitude and 
longitude of a mobile unit making a 911 call, within a radius of no 
more than 125 meters in 67 percent of all cases.
    7. The E911 (Phase I and Phase II) requirements imposed upon 
covered carriers in the Order shall apply only if (1) a carrier 
receives a request for such E911 services from the administrator of a 
PSAP that is capable of receiving and utilizing the data elements 
associated with the services; and (2) a mechanism for the recovery of 
costs relating to the provision of such services is in place. If the 
carrier receives a request less than 6 months before the implementation 
dates of Phase I and Phase II, then it must comply with the Phase I and 
Phase II requirements within 6 months after the receipt of the notice 
specifying the request.
    8. Covered carriers, in coordination with the public safety 
organizations, are also directed to resolve certain E911 implementation 
issues, including grade of service and interface standards, through 
industry consensus in conjunction with standard-setting bodies.

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    9. As required by Section 603 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 
U.S.C. 603 (RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was 
incorporated in the Notice. The Commission sought written public 
comments on the proposals in the Notice, including on the IRFA. The 
Commission's Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) in this Order 
conforms to the RFA, as amended by the Contract With America 
Advancement Act of 1996, Public Law No. 104-121, 110 Stat. 847 (1996) 
(CWAAA).3
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    \3\ Subtitle II of the CWAAA is ``The Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996,'' (SBREFA), codified at 5 U.S.C. 
Sec. 601.
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I. Need For and Objective of the Rules

    10. This Report and Order adopts policies concerning the operation 
of 911 and enhanced 911 (E911) emergency calling service and the 
services provided by cellular, broadband personal communications 
services (PCS), and geographic area specialized mobile radio (SMR) 
licensees. Commenters responding to the Notice in this proceeding have 
identified a number of ways in which 911 and E911 might be available 
through the use of wireless telephones, and have indicated that more 
widely available 911 and E911 services will save lives and property. 
Commenters also have indicated that various enhancements to wireless 
911 service, such as the ability of the carrier to provide precise 
caller location information to the public safety answering point 
administrators, would make significant contributions to the 
effectiveness of wireless 911 services.
    11. We find that the benefit of providing for more widely available 
and more effective 911 and E911 services for users of wireless 
telephones exceed any negative effects that may result from the 
promulgation of rules for this purpose. Thus, we conclude that the 
public interest is served by requiring that wireless telephones operate 
effectively with E911 systems.

II. Summary of Issues Raised by the Public Comments In Response to the 
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    12. No comments were submitted in direct response to the Initial 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. In general comments on the Notice, 
however, a number of commenters raised issues that might affect small 
entities. Most of the wireless industry supported exemption for site-
specific Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) licensees due to their limited 
interconnection with the public switched network. Rural cellular 
providers argued that they should be exempted from E911 requirements 
because of the high expense in low density markets, as well as the lack 
of emergency service provider capabilities in such markets.

III. Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping and Other Compliance 
Requirements of the Rule

    13. There are no general reporting or recordkeeping requirements. 
There are, however, requirements for a group of trade and consumer 
organizations to report to the Commission on the status of industry 
discussions of technical standards and other implementation issues. We 
assume that these reports will be prepared by the professional staff of 
these associations, and we do not intend to impose any unnecessary 
burdens or costs on the entities involved in the preparation and 
submission of the reports. The rule will require cellular, broadband 
PCS, and geographic area SMR licensees to upgrade their equipment so 
that:
    (1) 911 calls from wireless mobile handsets which transmit a code 
identification will be transmitted without delay or credit 
verification.
    (2) 911 calls from any mobile handset will be transmitted without 
delay or credit verification to any emergency service provider who 
requests that they be transmitted.
    (3) 911 calls may be transmitted by speech or hearing impaired 
individuals through Text Telephone Devices.
    (4) Emergency service providers will be enabled to call back 911 
calls which are disconnected.
    (5) Emergency service providers will be sent the location of the 
911 caller within a radius of 125 meters by longitude and latitude in 
67 percent of all cases.
    14. These upgrades will require engineering and construction work 
on switches, protocols, and network architectures. We recognize that 
full implementation of wireless E911 will incur additional expenses. 
However, we have found that E911 service to be in the public interest 
and that these relatively fixed costs will be spread over a widening 
base of subscribers as wireless subscribership grows, lowering unit 
costs per subscriber.

IV. Description and Estimate of Small Entities Subject to the Rules

    15. The rule adopted in this Report and Order will apply to 
providers of cellular, broadband PCS, and geographic area 800 MHz and 
900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) services, including licensees 
who have obtained extended implementation authorizations in the 800 MHz 
or 900 MHz SMR services, either by waiver or under Section 90.629 of 
the Commission's Rules. However, the rule will apply to SMR

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licensees only if they offer real-time, two-way voice service that is 
interconnected with the public switched network.

a. Estimates for Cellular Licensees

    16. The Commission has not developed a definition of small entities 
applicable to cellular licensees. Therefore, the applicable definition 
of small entity is the definition under the Small Business 
Administration (SBA) rules applicable to radiotelephone companies. This 
definition provides that a small entity is a radiotelephone company 
employing fewer than 1,500 persons.4 Since the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act amendments were not in effect until the record in this 
proceeding was closed, the Commission was unable to request information 
regarding the number of small cellular businesses and is unable at this 
time to make a precise estimate of the number of cellular firms which 
are small businesses.
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    \4\ 13 CFR Sec. 121.201, Standard Industrial Classification 
(SIC) Code 4812.
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    17. The size data provided by the SBA does not enable us to make a 
meaningful estimate of the number of cellular providers which are small 
entities because it combines all radiotelephone companies with 500 or 
more employees.5 We therefore used the 1992 Census of 
Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, conducted by the Bureau 
of the Census, which is the most recent information available. That 
census shows that only 12 radiotelephone firms out of a total of 1,178 
such firms which operated during 1992 had 1,000 or more 
employees.6 Therefore, even if all 12 of these large firms were 
cellular telephone companies, all of the remainder were small 
businesses under the SBA's definition. We assume that, for purposes of 
our evaluations and conclusions in the Final Regulatory Flexibility 
Analysis, all of the current cellular licensees are small entities, as 
that term is defined by the SBA. Although there are 1,758 cellular 
licenses, we do not know the number of cellular licensees, since a 
cellular licensee may own several licenses.
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    \5\ U. S. Small Business Administration 1992 Economic Census 
Employment Report, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, SIC Code 4812 (radiotelephone communications industry data 
adopted by the SBA Office of Advocacy).
    \6\  U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, UC92-
S-1, Subject Series, Establishment and Firm Size, Table 5, 
Employment Size of Firms: 1992, SIC Code 4812 (issued May 1995).
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    18. We assume that all of the current rural cellular licensees are 
small businesses. Comments filed by small business associations, the 
Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone 
Companies (OPASTCO), state that \2/3\ of its 440 members provide 
cellular service, and comments filed by the Rural Cellular Association 
(RCA) state that its members serve 80 cellular service areas. We 
recognize that these numbers represent only part of the current rural 
cellular licensees because there might be other rural companies not 
represented by either association.

b. Estimates for Broadband PCS Licensees

    19. The broadband PCS spectrum is divided into six frequency blocks 
designated A through F. Pursuant to 47 CFR Sec. 24.720(b), the 
Commission has defined ``small entity'' for Blocks C and F licensees as 
firms that had average gross revenues of less than $40 million in the 
three previous calendar years. This regulation defining ``small 
entity'' in the context of broadband PCS auctions has been approved by 
the SBA.7
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    \7\ See Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications 
Act--Competitive Bidding, PP Docket No. 93-253, Fifth Report and 
Order, 9 FCC Rcd 5532, 5581-84 (1994).
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    20. The Commission has auctioned broadband PCS licenses in Blocks 
A, B, and C. We do not have sufficient data to determine how many small 
businesses under the Commission's definition bid successfully for 
licenses in Blocks A and B. As of now, there are 90 non-defaulting 
winning bidders that qualify as small entities in the Block C auction. 
Based on this information, we conclude that the number of broadband PCS 
licensees affected by the rule adopted in this Report and Order 
includes the 90 non-defaulting winning bidders that qualify as small 
entities in the Block C broadband PCS auction.
    21. At present, no licenses have been awarded for Blocks D, E, and 
F for spectrum. Therefore, there are no small businesses currently 
providing these services. However, a total of 1,479 licenses will be 
awarded in the D, E, and F Block broadband PCS auctions, which are 
scheduled to begin on August 26, 1996. Eligibility for the 493 F Block 
licensees is limited to ``entrepreneur'' with the average gross 
revenues of less than $125 million. However, we cannot estimate how 
many small businesses under the Commission's definition will win F 
Block licensees, or D and E Block licensees. Given the facts that 
nearly all radiotelephone companies have fewer than 1,000 employees and 
that no reliable estimate of the number of prospective D, E, and F 
Block licensees can be made, we assume, for purposes of our evaluations 
and conclusions in this FRFA, that all of the licenses will be awarded 
to small entities, as that term is defined by the SBA.

c. Estimates for SMR Licensees

    22. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 90.814(b)(1), the Commission has defined 
``small entity'' for geographic area 800 MHz and 900 MHz SMR licenses 
as firms that had average gross revenues of less than $15 million in 
the three previous calendar years. This regulation defining ``small 
entity'' in the context of 800 MHz and 900 MHz SMR has been approved by 
the SBA.8
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    \8\ See Amendment of Parts 2 and 90 of the Commission's Rules to 
Provide for the Use of 200 Channels Outside the Designated Filing 
Areas in the 896-901 MHz and the 935-940 MHz Bands Allotted to the 
Specialized Mobile Radio Pool, PR Docket No. 89-583, Second Order on 
Reconsideration and Seventh Report and Order, 11 FCC Rcd 2639, 2693-
702 (1995); Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to 
Facilitate Future Development of SMR Systems in the 800 MHz 
Frequency Band, PR Docket No. 93-144, First Report and Order, Eighth 
Report and Order, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
11 FCC Rcd 1463 (1995).
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    23. The rule adopted in this Report and Order applies to SMR 
providers in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands that either hold geographic 
area licenses or have obtained extended implementation authorizations. 
We do not know how many firms provide 800 MHz or 900 MHz geographic 
area SMR service pursuant to extended implementation authorizations, 
nor how many of these providers have annual revenues of less than $15 
million. Since the Regulatory Flexibility Act amendments were not in 
effect until the record in this proceeding was closed, the Commission 
was unable to request information regarding the number of small 
businesses in this category. We do know that one of these firms has 
over $15 million in revenues. We assume, for purposes of our 
evaluations and conclusions in this FRFA, that all of the remaining 
existing extended implementation authorizations are held by small 
entities, as that term is defined by the SBA.
    24. The Commission recently held auctions for geographic area 
licenses in the 900 MHz SMR band. There were 60 winning bidders who 
qualified as small entities under the Commission's definition in the 
900 MHz auction. Based on this information, we conclude that the number 
of geographic area SMR licensees affected by the rule adopted in this 
Report and Order includes these 60 small entities.
    25. No auctions have been held for 800 MHz geographic area SMR 
licenses.

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Therefore, no small entities currently hold these licenses. A total of 
525 licenses will be awarded for the upper 200 channels in the 800 MHz 
geographic area SMR auction. However, the Commission has not yet 
determined how many licenses will be awarded for the lower 230 channels 
in the 800 MHz geographic area SMR auction. There is no basis to 
estimate, moreover, how many small entities within the SBA's definition 
will win these licenses. Given the facts that nearly all radiotelephone 
companies have fewer than 1,000 employees and that no reliable estimate 
of the number of prospective 800 MHz licensees can be made, we assume, 
for purposes of our evaluations and conclusions in this FRFA, that all 
of the licenses will be awarded to small entities, as that term is 
defined by the SBA.

V. Steps Taken To Minimize the Burdens on Small Entities

    26. The Commission in this proceeding has considered comments on 
ways of achieving wider 911 availability and E911 compatibility with 
wireless telephone services. In doing so, the Commission has adopted 
alternatives which minimize burdens placed on small entities. First, it 
has limited the regulations to mass market two-way voice services. In 
doing so, it excluded small local specialized mobile services which 
provide mainly dispatch services and do not provide the mass market 
services which most users rely on to send 911 calls. It has also 
excluded mobile satellite systems. Second, it provided for waivers for 
small rural cellular carriers, and also provided that most services 
would not be required unless specifically requested by the local 
emergency service providers. Third, it has taken industry concerns into 
account by basing the schedule for implementing E911 on that 
recommended by the Consensus Agreement between the Cellular Telephone 
Industry Association and public safety organizations, which does not 
require caller location information until five years after the rules 
adopted in the Order become effective. Finally, it has made the E911 
requirements conditional on (1) a request by a local emergency service 
provider that is capable of receiving and using the information; and 
(2) a mechanism for the recovery of costs relating to the provision of 
the service. Therefore, the burden on small entities will be offset by 
the requirement that a cost recovery mechanism will be in place before 
their E911 obligations need to be implemented.

VI. Significant Alternatives Considered and Rejected

    27. The Commission rejected the alternative proposal that the rules 
should be applicable to all providers of Commercial Mobile voice 
services because not all CMRS services are mass market voice services 
whose users expect to be able to use them to call 911. Specifically, 
the Commission found that the costs of requiring local SMR services to 
comply with the rules would outweigh the benefits and application of 
the rules to them, and would give them an incentive to eliminate their 
interconnection to the public network, which would not be in the public 
interest. The Commission did not exempt rural cellular carriers from 
these requirements, as requested by some of commenters, but instead 
provided for waivers. The Consensus Agreement between the Cellular 
Telephone Industry Association and public safety organizations 
indicated that the signatories would work with rural cellular carriers 
to resolve their problems in good faith, and that the issue of how such 
carriers would be treated need not delay the final rule, which would be 
required in the public interest. Instead, reviewing the need for 
applying the rules to rural cellular carriers could be reviewed on an 
individualized basis. Moreover, the Commission relied on the 
representations that many emergency service providers do not use 911 in 
rural areas, so that the requirement that the emergency service 
providers would have to request and be capable of receiving and using 
the E911 services would protect carriers from the obligation to provide 
unneeded services. Further, the requirement that there be a cost 
recovery mechanism would protect small carriers from having to absorb 
excessive costs.
    28. The Commission rejected proposals to delay the provision of the 
upgrades necessary to expand the availability of 911 and the accuracy 
of location technology because these upgrades will result in saving 
lives and property and because the requirements of the rules were 
included in the Consensus Agreement. We rejected the argument that 
imposing 911 availability requirements on wireless carriers would 
competitively disadvantage wireless carriers, since several wireless 
carriers have been voluntarily transmitting 911 calls without a 
validation requirement. Moreover, the Commission rejected proposals 
that Federal grade of service and other standards should be developed 
by the Commission, and instead determined that parties should be 
allowed to develop standards with monitoring by the Commission, since 
these issues require a level of expertise which can best be achieved by 
intra-industry discussions.

VII. Report to Congress

    29. The Commission shall send a copy of this Final Regulatory 
Flexibility Analysis along with this Order in a report to Congress 
pursuant of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 
1996, codified at 5 U.S.C. Section 801(a)(1)(A). A copy of this RFA 
will also be published in the Federal Register.

Ordering Clauses

    30. Accordingly, it is ordered that the rule amendments specified 
below shall become effective October 1, 1996.
    31. It is further ordered That the Petition of the Ad Hoc Alliance 
for Public Access to 911 is granted in part, as set forth in the text 
of the Order.
    32. It is further ordered That the signatories to the Consensus 
Agreement, the Personal Communications Industry Association, and the Ad 
Hoc Alliance for Public Access to 911 file joint annual reports within 
30 days after the end of each calendar year, as set forth in the text 
of this Order.
    33. It is further ordered That the signatories to the Consensus 
Agreement, the Personal Communications Industry Association, and 
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. file a joint report within one 
year of the effective date of the rules adopted herein, as set forth in 
the text of the Order.
    34. This action is taken pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 201, 208, 
215, 303, and 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 
U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 201, 208, 215, 303, 309.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 20

    Communications common carriers, Federal Communications Commission.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.

Rule Changes

    Part 20 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
as follows:

PART 20--COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES

    1. The authority citation for Part 20 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Sections 4, 303 and 332, 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as 
amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, and 332.


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    2. Section 20.03 is amended by adding the following definitions in 
alphabetical order to read as follows:


Sec. 20.3  Definitions.

    Automatic Number Identification. A system which permits the 
identification of the caller's telephone number.
* * * * *
    Code Identification. A Mobile Identification Number for calls 
carried over the facilities of a cellular or Broadband PCS licensees, 
or the functional equivalent of a Mobile Identification Number in the 
case of calls carried over the facilities of a Specialized Mobile Radio 
Services.
* * * * *
    Mobile Identification Number. A 34-bit number that is a digital 
representation of the 10-digit directory telephone number assigned to a 
mobile station.
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    Pseudo Automatic Number Identification. A system which identifies 
the location of the base station or cell site through which a mobile 
call originates.
    Public Safety Answering Point. A point that has been designated to 
receive 911 calls and route them to emergency service personnel.
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    3. Section 20.18 is added to read as follows:


Sec. 20.18  911 Service.

    (a) The following requirements are only applicable to Broadband 
Personal Communications Services (part 24, subpart E of this chapter) 
and Cellular Radio Telephone Service (part 22, subpart H of this 
chapter), Geographic Area Specialized Mobile Radio Services in the 800 
MHz and 900 MHz bands (included in part 90, subpart S of this chapter) 
and offer real-time, two-way voice service that is interconnected with 
the public switched network, and Incumbent Wide Area SMR Licensees.
    (b) As of October 1, 1997, licensees subject to this section must 
process all 911 calls which transmit a Code Identification and must 
process all 911 wireless calls which do not transmit a Code 
Identification where requested by the administrator of the designated 
Public Safety Answering Point which is capable of receiving and 
utilizing the data elements associated with 911 service.
    (c) As of October 1, 1997, licensees subject to this section must 
be capable of transmitting 911 calls from individuals with speech or 
hearing disabilities through means other than mobile radio handsets, 
e.g., through the use of Text Telephone Devices.
    (d) As of April 1, 1998, licensees subject to this section must 
relay the telephone number of the originator of a 911 call and the 
location of the cell site or base station receiving a 911 call from any 
mobile handset or text telephone device accessing their systems to the 
designated Public Service Answering Point through the use of Pseudo 
Automatic Number Identification and Automatic Number Identification.
    (e) As of October 1, 2001, licensees subject to this section must 
provide to the designated Public Service Answering Point the location 
of a 911 call by longitude and latitude within a radius of 125 meters 
using root mean square techniques.
    (f) The requirements set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this 
section shall be applicable only if the administrator of the designated 
Public Service Answering Point has requested the services required 
under those paragraphs and is capable of receiving and utilizing the 
data elements associated with the service, and a mechanism for 
recovering the costs of the service is in place.

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