Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Tariff to fund cellular 911 program

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:53:58 -0500

Tariff to fund cellular 911 program

BY Karen Glasscock

MANDEVILLE - St. Tammany Parish residents may pay up
to 11 cents per cellular telephone emergency call to 911
once Phase II of Project Locate is launched.

"It could be less, but it won't be more," said Assistant 911
Director Margo Dandry at last week's St. Tammany Parish
Communications District No. 1 board meeting.

As per Federal Communications Commission mandate,
cellular telephone companies are working with the parish's
911 office this month to test track the location of cell
phone users in emergency situations.

Alltel is the first company set to deploy this month, said
Dandry. T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, Cingular, Nextel and
SunCom AT & T are scheduled to go by next April.

Once deployed, St. Tammany Parish will rank among the
top 10 communities in the country to implement the
tracking system. Because the FCC does not want to drive
the wireless industry, it left the task up to each state's
911 office.

St. Tammany Parish 911 officials are meeting with Public
Service Commissioner Jay Blossman later this month about
the upcoming Phase II tariff prior to the board approval of
it.

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