FCC Public Safety Bureau Updating PSAP Text-to-911 Registry
The FCC Public Safety Bureau said it's updating the FCC’s Public Safety Answering Point Text-to-911 Readiness and Certification Registry. The notice is intended to warn wireless carriers and other providers of interconnected text messaging services “of the effective readiness date…
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of those PSAPs for which the Bureau has received the updated information,” the Tuesday notice said. “Also, the Bureau reminds covered text providers that they should periodically review the text-readiness of PSAPs in their service areas and reach out to these PSAPs as necessary to coordinate implementation of text-to-911 service.” Covered text providers must start routing 911 text messages to requesting PSAPs within six months, the bureau said.