[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18128]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 94-102; DA 01-1628]


Petition for Waiver of E911 Phase II Rules; Comments Invited

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Solicitation of comments.

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SUMMARY: The document invites comment on a Petition for Waiver 
(Petition) of the Commission's E911 Phase II rule filed July 6, 2001, 
by Cingular Wireless LLC (Cingular). Current Phase II rules require 
wireless carriers to begin to deploy the capability to identify the 
precise location of wireless 911 calls beginning on October 1, 2001, 
provided that certain conditions are met. This capability is called 
Phase II Automatic Location Identification (ALI). The Phase II rules 
establish deployment schedules and set accuracy and reliability 
requirements for both handset-based and network-based ALI technologies.
    Cingular requested a waiver of Phase II rules to permit it to 
deploy a hybrid network and handset-base technology called Enhanced 
Observed Time Difference of Arrival (E-OTD) throughout its Global 
System for Mobil Communications (GSM) air interface network and a 
switch-based technology, similar to Mobile-Assisted Network Location 
System for its Time Division Multiple Access network.
    The full text of the petition is available for public inspection 
during regular business hours in the FCC Public Reference Room, Room 
CY-A257, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Pursuant to 47 CFR 
1.1200(a), this proceeding is designated as a ``permit but disclose'' 
proceeding and subject to Sec. 1.1206 of the Commission's Rules. 
Presentations to or from Commission decision making personnel are 
permissible, provided that ex parte presentations are disclosed 
pursuant 47 CFR 1.1206(b).
    Interested parties may file comments responding to the Petition on 
or before July 31, 2001, and reply comments on or before August 10, 
2001. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment 
Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper copies. Comments filed through 
ECFS can be sent as an electronic file via the Internet to http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.hmtl. Only one copy of an electronic submission 
must be filed. In completing the transmittal screen, commenters should 
include their full name, postal service mailing address, and the 
applicable docket or rulemaking number of this proceeding.
    Parties may also submit an electronic comment by Interest e-mail. 
To get filing instructions for e-mail comments, commenters should send 
an e-mail to [email protected], and should include the following words in 
the body of the message, ``get formyour e-mail address>.'' A sample 
form and directions will be sent in reply. Parties who choose to file 
by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing.

DATES: Comments are due on or before July 31, 2001, and reply comments 
are due on or before August,10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: All filings must be sent to the Commission's Secretary, 
Magalie Roman Salas, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. A copy should 
also be sent to Jennifer Salhus, Room 3A-131, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Salhus, 202-418-1310.

Federal Communications Commission
Thomas J. Sugrue,
Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-18128 Filed 7-18-01; 8:45 am]
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