June 12, 2003
E-911
Trying to get an update on GPS phones in the US - maybe this is the reason there aren't any:
Update on position sensitive phones:
Mobile phone companies are under orders from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to incorporate some kind of location-reporting technology into cellular phones. Dubbed E-911, or enhanced 911 (see "Wireless 911 service slowly sppears," link below), the communication initiative is meant to give law enforcement and emergency services personnel a way to find people calling 911 from mobile phones when callers don't know where they are or are unable to say.
No carrier was able to make an October deadline to fully implement E-911. The FCC issued waivers permitting carriers to add location-detection services to new phones over time, so that 95 percent of all mobile phones are compliant with E-911 rules by 2005.
Posted by sfisher at June 12, 2003 11:58 PM
