AT&T Discusses GETS Service During IP Trial
AT&T could serve Government Emergency Telecommunications Services customers on an interim basis with Wireless Priority Services in the areas where the company is conducting its IP trials, company officials told officials from the FCC’s Wireline and Public Safety and Homeland…
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Security bureaus on Feb. 12, according to an ex parte filing posted Thursday in docket 12-353. GETS calls currently compete across the consumer VoIP platform, but call prioritization will occur only in the TDM or AT&T business portion of the call. The company plans to stop offering TDM services to new customers in the trial areas, West Delray Beach, Florida, and Carbon Hill, Alabama, in the second half of this year (see 1405290053). The interim solution would continue while the industry discusses the engineering of GETS prioritization on consumer VoIP platforms with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Communications, AT&T said. Among those representing the carrier were Frank Simone, assistant vice president-federal regulatory; Christopher Heimann, general attorney; and Stacy Schwartz, vice president-public safety for AT&T Government Solutions.