Wireless Radio Services; Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems

The Commission, in this document makes adjustments to the deployment schedule that must be followed by wireless carriers that choose to implement enhanced 911 Phase II service using a handset-based technology. This document also defers the date for initial distribution of Automatic Location Identification (ALI)-capable handsets by seven months, adjusts the timetable for carriers to meet certain interim benchmarks for activating new ALI-capable handsets, defers the date by which a carrier must achieve full penetration of ALI-capable handsets by one year, modifies the manner in which the Commission defines full penetration, eliminates the separate handset phase-in schedule triggered by a request from a Public Safety Answering Point, and addresses several other issues regarding implementation of enhanced 911 Phase II. These actions are taken in response to petitions for reconsideration of the Third Report and Order in this proceeding.