Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 9 [PS Docket No. 07-114; FCC 19-124; FRS 16358] AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) adopts a z-axis (vertical) location accuracy metric of plus or minus 3 meters for 80 percent of indoor wireless E911 calls for z-axis capable handsets. The Commission also requires nationwide commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers to deploy dispatchable location or z-axis technology that meets this metric in the top 25 markets by April 3, 2021 and in the top 50 markets by April 3, 2023. The Commission also extends privacy protections to z-axis data conveyed with 911 calls. DATES:   Effective date: March 16, 2020. Compliance date: Compliance will not be required for § 9.10(i)(2)(ii)(C) and (D), (i)(4)(v), and (j)(4) until the Commission publishes a document in the Federal Register announcing the compliance date. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nellie Foosaner, Attorney-Advisor, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-2925 or via email at Nellie.Foosaner@fcc.gov ; Alex Espinoza, Attorney-Advisor, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-0849 or via email at Alex.Espinoza@fcc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Fifth Report and Order, FCC 19-124, adopted on November 22, 2019 and released …