FCC Grants E911 Waivers
Oh Great
Not that I get enough people wanting to now where there spouse, ex etc is, if we can trinangulate postions for 911 Im sure cust will assume that we can do the same for the, and if its possible to do so I wonder what the polices will be for releasing genral Location of mobile device, (i can see it now, local man kills family for suspecting they had possesion of his stolen Razr phone after getting approximate loc from service provider... total wrong house though)
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This is something that has been in the works for years. Law enforcement will be the only party to have access to location services. Wireless carriers are just required to upgrade their systems to allow the access. Government agencies will be the ones who have to equipment & programing to locate someone if needed. This service will not be available to the public.
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I don't know about GSM phones, but I know on my LG 3200 it only trasmits the location info when I dial 911. The GSM thing probably works the same way. It's certainly not publicly available info.
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They aought to let you if you want, though.
As in, you coould set up your website to keep visitors up-to-date as to where you are.
that'd be useful.
As in, you coould set up your website to keep visitors up-to-date as to where you are.
that'd be useful.
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My buddy had a At&T, Blackberry device on COrp Acc, they had a feature on it where they could locate other memebers on the team who also had/has Blackberry, who has fetaure activated, within 1 block
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It is illegal to sell a new CDMA phone without GPS capability. The FCC will not approve it. Verizon will not activate one on their network anymore. This is only for use of law enforcement when a 911 call comes from a wireless phone.
On a landline the 911 center uses caller ID information to track where the location of the caller is. CDMA phones use GPS to give the 911 call center the coordinates of the caller and then their exact position (within 30 feet) is mapped for officers to respond. Very few 911 operators use the technology but the list is growing daily.
On a landline the 911 center uses caller ID information to track where the location of the caller is. CDMA phones use GPS to give the 911 call center the coordinates of the caller and then their exact position (within 30 feet) is mapped for officers to respond. Very few 911 operators use the technology but the list is growing daily.
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