IDG Contributor Network: Why the FCC’s 911 locating mandate was a colossal failure
Locating became a standard feature of mobile phone service in the years following the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order released in 1999 that described in detail how mobile network operators must provide the locations of wireless 911 callers to emergency call centers. The decision to require wireless 911 locating was first announced in 1996, when mobile phones were mainly used outdoors. People still relied on wired phones indoors -- and the phone company already knew the street address associated with each pair of wires.
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