Internet-Based Messaging Providers Should Support Text-To-911 Too, Suggests FCC

The FCC has been acting like the voice of truth and reason lately. Just a week after asking the FAA to allow the use of electronic devices during flights, the agency is now suggesting that wireless carriers and Internet-based messaging providers be required to allow its users to send emergency text messages to 911 call centers. The report follows after major carriers in the U.S., namely Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile, agreed to push text-to-911 capabilities by 2014. The FCC is now bringing up the possibility as to whether or not the emergency service can be applied to Internet-based services as well.

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