Verizon Reaches E911 Milestone

posted May 26, 2006, 3:56 PM

Verizon today announced that more than 95% of its subscribers are now using a location-capable handset. It is the first national CDMA carrier to reach this goal set by the FCC. Though Verizon has done its part, making sure that location-capable handsets are in most its subscribers' hands, local emergency call centers still need to make upgrades to be sure emergency callers can be found. To date only one-third of call centers in the US can work with Verizon's aGPS location system.

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