USTelecom Urges Support for E-911 Bill June 13th, 2008
Last week, USTelecom President and CEO Walter B. McCormick Jr. sent a letter urging passage of the Senate/House agreed version of H.R. 3403—the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008—to the House and Senate Leadership, the Chairs and Ranking Members of the relevant committees and subcommittees, and to the sponsoring Members. In the letter, Walter noted that “USTelecom members have been proud to assist IP-enabled voice service providers in their efforts to comply with existing 911 requirements, helping them attain nearly 100 percent coverage with 911 and Enhanced 911 (E-911) services” and expressed support for the legislation, which, in his words, “recognizes the need for a national IP enabled emergency network that can accommodate emerging network architectures, platforms, and devices and coordinate the sharing of information among a variety of response entities.”