NTCA Explains Stance on NG911 Rules

NTCA representatives explained the group’s stance on an FCC proposal on rules to speed a move to next-generation 911 (see 2309110042) in a meeting with an aide to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, said a filing Tuesday in docket 21-479. “NTCA reiterated its support for reasonable steps to advance a transition to NG911 given the increased situational awareness it will provide to first responders,” the group said: “NTCA’s advocacy for an alternative cost allocation methodology in place of that proposed by the Commission is simply a surgical amendment to the overall approach as found in the NPRM in specifying that the party that is paid by and contractually responsible to state and local governmental entities to implement NG911 should be responsible for the costs of doing so.”