[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6578-6582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2124]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 20 and 25

[CC Docket No. 94-102, IB Docket No. 99-67; FCC 03-290]


Scope of Enhanced 911 Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission revises the scope of its 
enhanced 911 rules to clarify which technologies and services will be 
required to be capable of transmitting enhanced 911 information to 
public safety answering points (PSAP). As many citizens, elected 
representatives, and public safety personnel recognize, 911 service is 
critical to our Nation's ability to respond to a host of crises and 
this document enhances the Nation's ability to do so.

DATES: Effective April 12, 2004, with the exception of new rule Sec. 
25.284 which will become effective February 11, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Guice, Policy Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-0095, or David Siehl, Policy 
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-1310, or 
Arthur Lechtman, Satellite Division, International Bureau, at (202) 
418-1465, or Marcy Greene, Competition Policy Division, Wireline 
Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-2410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Report and Order 
adopted on November 13, 2003, and released on December 1, 2003. The 
full text of the Report and Order is available for public inspection 
and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference 
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, 
Washington, DC 20554. This document may also be purchased from the 
Commission's duplicating contractor, Qualex International, Portals II, 
445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 
(202) 863-2893, facsimile (202) 863-2898, or via e-mail 
[email protected].

I. Overview

    1. In the Report and Order, the Commission addresses the obligation 
of mobile satellite services, telematics services, multi-line telephone 
systems, resold and pre-paid service, and disposable phones to provide 
enhanced 911 (E911) capabilities. Its analysis includes a discussion of 
the four criteria set out in the E911 Scope Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 68 FR 3214 (January 23, 2003), released on December 20, 
2002, and its understanding of whether the particular service meets 
those criteria as informed by the substantial record developed in the 
course of the proceeding. In addition, the Commission bases its 
determination on other criteria that may mitigate its need to impose a 
requirement on a particular service.
    2. Mobile satellite service (MSS) carriers that provide 
interconnected two-way voice service must establish call centers for 
the purpose of answering 911 emergency calls and forwarding these calls 
to an appropriate PSAP. In addition, the Commission directs the 
rechartered Network Reliability and Interoperability Council to study a 
number of issues pertaining to MSS enhanced 911 deployment.
    3. Telematics providers that offer a commercial wireless service 
may have E911 obligations and need to work with the underlying 
licensees to ensure that E911 requirements are met. Those providers 
that do not offer such services, while they do not have an obligation, 
should continue their efforts with industry and public safety 
stakeholders to implement advanced telematics safety capabilities.
    4. Although the Commission will not adopt federal rules at this 
time requiring multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) operators to 
implement E911, it expects that states will act expeditiously on this 
topic. The Order also references the Model Legislation filed in the 
record by public safety organizations as a valuable guide. The 
Commission also issues a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
to continue its consideration of this issue, and to ensure that it is 
in a position to take appropriate action should states fail to do so or 
should it otherwise be warranted. Additionally, the Commission will 
issue a public notice in a year to examine states' progress on 
implementing E911 in this area.
    5. Resold and pre-paid mobile wireless service providers have an 
independent obligation to comply with our 911 rules to the extent that 
the underlying licensee has deployed the technology necessary to 
deliver enhanced 911 service.
    6. The Commission finds it is unnecessary to place a separate 
obligation on manufacturers of disposable phones or personal data 
assistants that contain a voice service component because the 
obligation for ensuring access to enhanced 911 service is with the 
wireless service provider, and they are responsible for ensuring that 
the devices used with their service satisfy their 911 obligations.
    7. Automated maritime telecommunications systems (AMTS) are not 
required to comply with the Commission's rules because their service 
fails to meet the four criteria.
    8. The Commission believes that these decisions represent a 
balanced approach, which takes into consideration the expectations of 
consumers, the need to strengthen Americans' ability to access public 
safety in times of crisis, and the needs of entities offering these 
services to be able to compete in a competitive marketplace.

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II. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    9. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as 
amended (RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was 
incorporated in the Revision of the Commission's rules to Ensure 
Compatibility With Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 66 FR 31878 (June 13, 2001). The 
Commission sought written public comment on the proposal in the Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including comment on the IRFA. This 
present Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) conforms to the 
RFA.

A. Need for, and Objectives of, Adopted Rules

    10. In the Report and Order, the Commission modifies existing rules 
to broaden the scope of those rules to include new services that were 
either not in existence or were just beginning to emerge at the time of 
the rules' adoption. Specifically, the Commission, through the Report 
and Order, modifies its 911 rules to include within the scope of those 
rules certain mobile satellite service providers and resellers, 
including pre-paid calling card providers. The Commission takes this 
action in recognition of Congress' directive to ``facilitate the prompt 
deployment throughout the United States of a seamless, ubiquitous, and 
reliable end-to-end infrastructure for communications, including 
wireless communications, to meet the Nation's public safety and other 
communications needs.'' In addition, the Commission takes these actions 
to ensure consumers' expectations regarding access to enhanced 911 
service are met, and to strengthen Americans' ability to access public 
safety. It has balanced those goals against the needs of entities 
offering these services to be able to compete in a competitive 
marketplace.

B. Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response 
to the IRFA

    11. We received no comments directly in response to the IRFA in 
this proceeding. The Commission, however, considered the potential 
impact of its rules on smaller wireless service providers and in 
response to concerns expressed by some commenters, we adopted phase-in 
periods and decided in the case of certain small wireless handset 
manufacturers, such as disposable phone manufacturers, and smaller 
wireless service providers, such as automated maritime 
telecommunications service providers, not to impose an obligation at 
this time. The Commission believes that such actions should ensure that 
smaller entities operating in these areas are able to do so with 
minimal regulatory interference.

C. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities To Which 
the Adopted Rules Will Apply

    12. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of and, where 
feasible, an estimate of the number of small entities that may be 
affected by the adopted rules, if adopted. The RFA generally defines 
the term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning as the terms 
``small business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small governmental 
jurisdiction.'' In addition, the term ``small business'' has the same 
meaning as the term ``small business concern'' under section 3 of the 
Small Business Act. Under the Small Business Act, a ``small business 
concern'' is one that: (i) Is independently owned and operated; (ii) is 
not dominant in its field of operation; and (iii) satisfies any 
additional criteria established by the Small Business Administration 
(SBA). A small organization is generally ``any not-for-profit 
enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not 
dominant in its field.''
    13. We have included small incumbent local exchange carriers in 
this present RFS analysis. As noted above, a ``small business'' under 
the RFA is one that, inter alia, meets the pertinent small business 
size standard (e.g., a telephone communications business, having 1,500 
or fewer employees), and ``is not dominant in its field of operation.'' 
The SBA's Office of Advocacy contends that, for RFA purposes, small 
incumbent local exchange carriers are not dominant in their field of 
operation because any such dominance is not ``national'' in scope.
    14. Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers. Neither the Commission nor 
the SBA has developed a specific small business size standard for 
providers of incumbent local exchange services. The closest applicable 
size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 
or fewer employees. According to the FCC's Telephone Trends Report 
data, 1,337 incumbent local exchange carriers reported that they were 
engaged in the provision of local exchange services. Of these 1,337 
carriers, an estimated 1,032 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 305 have 
more than 1,500 employees. Consequently, we estimate that the majority 
of providers of local exchange service are small entities that may be 
affected by the rules and policies adopted herein.
    15. Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. Neither the Commission nor 
the SBA has developed a specific small business size standard for 
providers of competitive local exchange services. The closest 
applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is 
small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. According to the FCC's 
Telephone Trends Report data, 609 companies reported that they were 
engaged in the provision of either competitive access provider services 
or competitive local exchange carrier services. Of these 609 companies, 
an estimated 458 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 151 have more than 
1,500 employees. Consequently, the Commission estimates that the 
majority of providers of competitive local exchange service are small 
entities that may be affected by the rules.
    16. Competitive Access Providers. Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a specific size standard for competitive access 
providers (CAPS). The closest applicable standard under the SBA rules 
is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that standard, such a 
business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. According to the 
FCC's Telephone Trends Report data, 609 CAPs or competitive local 
exchange carriers and 35 other local exchange carriers reported that 
they were engaged in the provision of either competitive access 
provider services or competitive local exchange carrier services. Of 
these 609 competitive access providers and competitive local exchange 
carriers, an estimated 458 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 151 have 
more than 1,500 employees. Of the 35 other local exchange carriers, an 
estimated 34 have 1,500 or fewer employees and one has more than 1,500 
employees. Consequently, the Commission estimates that the majority of 
small entity CAPS and the majority of other local exchange carriers may 
be affected by the rules.
    17. Local Resellers. The SBA has developed a specific size standard 
for small businesses within the category of Telecommunications 
Resellers. Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees. According to the FCC's Telephone Trends 
Report data, 133 companies reported that they were engaged in the 
provision of local resale services. Of these 133 companies, an 
estimated 127 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 6 have more than 1,500 
employees. Consequently, the Commission

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estimates that the majority of local resellers may be affected by the 
rules.
    18. Toll Resellers. The SBA has developed a specific size standard 
for small businesses within the category of Telecommunications 
Resellers. Under that SBA definition, such a business is small if it 
has 1,500 or fewer employees. According to the FCC's Telephone Trends 
Report data, 625 companies reported that they were engaged in the 
provision of toll resale services. Of these 625 companies, an estimated 
590 have 1,500 or fewer employees and 35 have more than 1,500 
employees. Consequently, the Commission estimates that a majority of 
toll resellers may be affected by the rules.
    19. Interexchange Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has 
developed a specific size standard for small entities specifically 
applicable to providers of interexchange services. The closest 
applicable size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is 
small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. According to the FCC's 
Telephone Trends Report data, 261 carriers reported that their primary 
telecommunications service activity was the provision of interexchange 
services. Of these 261 carriers, an estimated 223 have 1,500 or fewer 
employees and 38 have more than 1,500 employees. Consequently, we 
estimate that a majority of interexchange carriers may be affected by 
the rules.
    20. Operator Service Providers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA 
has developed a specific size standard for small entities specifically 
applicable to operator service providers. The closest applicable size 
standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers. 
Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer 
employees. According to the FCC's Telephone Trends Report data, 23 
companies reported that they were engaged in the provision of operator 
services. Of these 23 companies, an estimated 22 have 1,500 or fewer 
employees and one has more than 1,500 employees. Consequently, the 
Commission estimates that a majority of local resellers may be affected 
by the rules.
    21. Prepaid Calling Card Providers. The SBA has developed a size 
standard for small businesses within the category of Telecommunications 
Resellers. Under that size standard, such a business is small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees. According to the FCC's Telephone Trends 
Report data, 37 companies reported that they were engaged in the 
provision of prepaid calling cards. Of these 37 companies, an estimated 
36 have 1,500 or fewer employees and one has more than 1,500 employees. 
Consequently, the Commission estimates that a majority of prepaid 
calling providers may be affected by the rules.
    22. Mobile Satellite Service Carriers. Neither the Commission nor 
the U.S. Small Business Administration has developed a small business 
size standard specifically for mobile satellite service licensees. The 
appropriate size standard is therefore the SBA standard for Satellite 
Telecommunications, which provides that such entities are small if they 
have $12.5 million or less in annual revenues. Currently, nearly a 
dozen entities are authorized to provide voice MSS in the United 
States. We have ascertained from published data that four of those 
companies are not small entities according to the SBA's definition, but 
we do not have sufficient information to determine which, if any, of 
the others are small entities. We anticipate issuing several licenses 
for 2 GHz mobile earth stations that would be subject to the 
requirements we are adopting here. We do not know how many of those 
licenses will be held by small entities, however, as we do not yet know 
exactly how many 2 GHz mobile-earth-station licenses will be issued or 
who will receive them. The Commission notes that small businesses are 
not likely to have the financial ability to become MSS system operators 
because of high implementation costs, including construction of 
satellite space stations and rocket launch, associated with satellite 
systems and services. Still, we request comment on the number and 
identity of small entities that would be significantly impacted by the 
proposed rule changes.
    23. Other Toll Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has 
developed a specific size standard for small entities specifically 
applicable to ``Other Toll Carriers.'' This category includes toll 
carriers that do not fall within the categories of interexchange 
carriers, operator service providers, prepaid calling card providers, 
satellite service carriers, or toll resellers. The closest applicable 
size standard under the SBA rules is for Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers. Under that standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 
or fewer employees. According to the FCC's Telephone Trends Report 
data, 92 carriers reported that they were engaged in the provision of 
``Other Toll Services.'' Of these 92 carriers, an estimated 82 have 
1,500 or fewer employees and ten have more than 1,500 employees. 
Consequently, the Commission estimates that a majority of ``Other Toll 
Carriers'' may be affected by the rules.
    24. Wireless Service Providers. The SBA has developed a size 
standard for small businesses within the two separate categories of 
Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications and Paging. Under these 
standards, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. 
According to the FCC's Telephone Trends Report data, 1,387 companies 
reported that they were engaged in the provision of wireless service. 
Of these 1,387 companies, an estimated 945 have 1,500 or fewer 
employees and 442 have more than 1,500 employees. Consequently, we 
estimate that a majority of wireless service providers may be affected 
by the rules.

D. Description of Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance 
Requirements for Small Entities

    25. The reporting, recordkeeping, or other compliance requirements 
adopted require that any and all of the affected entities to which the 
Commission's adopted rules apply must comply with the Commission's 
rules adopted in the Report and Order.
    26. In paragraph 31 of the Report and Order that addresses mobile 
satellite systems (MSS), the Commission requires that MSS providers 
provide Emergency Call Center service to the extent that they offer 
real-time, two way switched voice service that is interconnected to the 
public switched network and utilize an in-network switching facility 
which enables the provider to reuse frequencies and/or accomplish 
seamless hand-offs of subscriber calls. The Commission declines to 
mandate specific procedural requirements for this call center service, 
and instead, is requiring that the Emergency Call Centers be capable of 
determining the emergency caller's phone number and location. These 
Call Centers are then required to transfer or redirect the emergency 
call to an appropriate public safety answering point. At paragraph 37, 
the Commission determines that although it intends to eventually apply 
enhanced 911 requirements to MSS providers subject to the foregoing 
call center requirements, there is not a sufficient basis in the record 
to require immediate E911 compliance.
    27. In the telematics section of the Report and Order at paragraphs 
64-90, the Commission declines to require that providers of standard 
telematics services, i.e., those that do not offer a commercial 
wireless voice service (CMRS) that connects the telematics user to end 
users other than the

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telematics call center, comply with the Commission's E911 requirements. 
For those telematics providers that do offer CMRS, however, the 
Commission determines that they may have E911 obligations and will need 
to work with the underlying wireless carriers, so that regardless of 
the legal relationship between the carrier and the telematics provider 
the Commission's E911 requirements can be met.
    28. For resellers and pre-paid calling providers, at paragraphs 91-
100 of the Report and Order, the Commission decides that they have an 
independent obligation to comply with the Commission's 911 rules to the 
extent that the underlying licensee deploys the technology for E911 
service. In paragraphs 101-104, the Commission finds that it is 
unnecessary to impose E911 obligations on manufacturers of disposable 
phone and personal digital assistants that contain a voice component.

E. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small 
Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered

    29. The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant 
alternatives that it has considered in reaching its adopted approach, 
which may include the following four alternatives (among others): (i) 
The establishment of differing compliance or reporting requirements or 
timetables that take into account the resources available to small 
entities; (ii) the clarification, consolidation, or simplification of 
compliance or reporting requirements under the rule for small entities; 
(iii) the use of performance, rather than design, standards; and (iv) 
an exemption from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for small 
entities.
    30. In the Report and Order, the Commission adopted a phase-in 
period for resellers of wireless service to comply with its rules. This 
phase-in period was set to allow time for the wholesale price of 
wireless handsets capable of transmitting the required callback and 
location information to decline based on economies of scale; and to 
allow resellers sufficient time to make any necessary changes to their 
wireless handsets. This alternative will assist all affected licensees, 
and may be especially helpful to small entities that require more time 
to comply with the new rules. Additionally, instead of imposing a E911 
Phase II requirement on resellers that considered its embedded base of 
handsets, as it did to licensees, the Commission only places a forward-
looking requirement on resellers.
    31. By tailoring its rules in this manner, the Commission seeks to 
fulfill its obligation of ensuring ``a seamless, ubiquitous, and 
reliable end-to-end infrastructure for communications, including 
wireless communications, to meet the Nation's public safety and other 
communications needs.''

F. Report to Congress

    32. The Commission will send a copy of the Report and Order, 
including this FRFA, in a report to be sent to Congress pursuant to the 
Congressional Review Act. In addition, the Commission will send a copy 
of the Order, including the FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of 
the Small Business Administration.

III. Ordering Clauses

    33. Pursuant to sections 1, 4(i), 7, 10, 201, 202, 208, 214, 
222(d)(4)(A)-(C), 222(f), 222(g), 222(h)(1)(A), 222(h)(4)-(5), 
251(e)(3), 301, 303, 308, and 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 157, 160, 201, 202, 208, 214, 
222(d)(4)(A)-(C), 222(f), 222(g), 222(h)(1)(A), 222(h)(4)-(5), 
251(e)(3), 301, 303, 308, 310, this Report and Order is hereby adopted.
    34. The rule changes set forth will become effective April 12, 
2004, with the exception of new rule Sec. 25.284 which will become 
effective February 11, 2005.
    35. The Commission's Office of Consumer and Government Affairs, 
Reference Information Center, shall send a copy of the Report and 
Order, including the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis and the 
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.

List of Subjects 47 CFR Parts 20 and 25

    Communications common carriers, satellite communications.

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

Final Rules

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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission amends 47 CFR parts 20 and 25 as follows:

PART 20--COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES

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

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 160, 251-254, 303 and 332 unless 
otherwise noted.


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2. Section 20.18 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), by 
adding paragraphs (g)(1)(vi) and (m) to read as follows:


Sec. 20.18  911 Service.

    (a) Scope of section. The following requirements are only 
applicable to Broadband Personal Communications Services (part 24, 
subpart E of this chapter), Cellular Radio Telephone Service (part 22, 
subpart H of this chapter), and Geographic Area Specialized Mobile 
Radio Services and Incumbent Wide Area SMR Licensees in the 800 MHz and 
900 MHz bands (included in part 90, subpart S of this chapter) and 
those entities that offer voice service to consumers by purchasing 
airtime or capacity at wholesale rates from these licensees, 
collectively CMRS providers. In addition, service providers in these 
enumerated services are subject to the following requirements solely to 
the extent that they offer real-time, two way switched voice service 
that is interconnected with the public switched network and utilize an 
in-network switching facility which enables the provider to reuse 
frequencies and accomplish seamless hand-offs of subscriber calls.
    (b) Basic 911 Service. CMRS providers subject to this section must 
transmit all wireless 911 calls without respect to their call 
validation process to a Public Safety Answering Point, or, where no 
Public Safety Answering Point has been designated, to a designated 
statewide default answering point or appropriate local emergency 
authority pursuant to Sec. 64.3001 of this chapter, provided that ``all 
wireless 911 calls'' is defined as ``any call initiated by a wireless 
user dialing 911 on a phone using a compliant radio frequency protocol 
of the serving carrier.''
    (c) TTY Access to 911 Services. CMRS providers 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 (TTY).
* * * * *
    (g) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (vi) Licensees that meet the enhanced 911 compliance obligations 
through GPS-enabled handsets and have commercial agreements with 
resellers will not be required to include the resellers' handset counts 
in their compliance percentages.
* * * * *
    (m) Reseller obligation. (1) Beginning December 31, 2006, resellers 
have an

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obligation, independent of the underlying licensee, to provide access 
to basic and enhanced 911 service to the extent that the underlying 
licensee of the facilities the reseller uses to provide access to the 
public switched network complies with sections 20.18(d)-(g).
    (2) Resellers have an independent obligation to ensure that all 
handsets or other devices offered to their customers for voice 
communications and sold after December 31, 2006 are capable of 
transmitting enhanced 911 information to the appropriate PSAP, in 
accordance with the accuracy requirements of section 20.18(i).
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PART 25--SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

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3. The authority citation for part 25 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 701-744. Interprets or applies Sections 4, 
301, 302, 303, 307, 309 and 332 of the Communications Act, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309 and 332, 
unless otherwise noted.

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4. Section 25.103 is amended by adding paragraph (g) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 25.103  Definitions.

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    (g) Emergency call center (ECC). A facility that subscribers of 
satellite commercial mobile radio services call when in need of 
emergency assistance by dialing ``911'' on their mobile satellite earth 
terminal.

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5. Section 25.284 is added to read as follows:


Sec. 25.284  Emergency Call Center Service.

    Providers of mobile satellite service to end-user customers (part 
25, subparts A-D) must provide Emergency Call Center service to the 
extent that they offer real-time, two way switched voice service that 
is interconnected with the public switched network and utilize an in-
network switching facility which enables the provider to reuse 
frequencies and/or accomplish seamless hand-offs of subscriber calls. 
Emergency Call Center personnel must determine the emergency caller's 
phone number and location and then transfer or otherwise redirect the 
call to an appropriate public safety answering point. Providers of 
mobile satellite services that utilize earth terminals that are not 
capable of use while in motion are exempt from providing Emergency Call 
Center service for such terminals.
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