01-10-2013, 4:47 PM
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Verizon to Face Backup Power Requirement on 911 Calling
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Carriers including Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) didn’t follow their own procedures for backup power and system design, causing 911 emergency-calling service to fail for more than 2 million people after storms last June, U.S. regulators said.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, in an e-mailed statement accompanying an agency report issued today, said he will seek rules to strengthen 911 service.
“These failures are unacceptable and the FCC will do whatever is necessary to ensure the reliability of 911,” Genachowski said, without announcing a date for agency action.
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Verizon to Face Backup Power Requirement on 911 Calling - Bloomberg |
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