FailSafe's T911 Petition Receives Support

Advanced Technologies & Services filed in support Monday of a recent petition from FailSafe, which asked the FCC to find that its T911 product is in the public interest and providers should be allowed to recover the cost of adopting the technology. “T911 is clearly in the public interest because it will save lives,” Advanced Technologies, a T911 distributor, said in docket 21-479. “The idea of re-purposing Intelligent Signaling Networks to save lives is a new way for [providers] to make money in an industry where it is increasingly difficult to do so, particularly for smaller players.”

FailSafe explained in its petition that T911 sends alerts to 911 and 988 call centers based on intelligent signaling network data “derived directly from each individual phone attempting to reach help,” allowing callers to connect “during network outages, busy conditions, or call congestion.”