ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola’s Cellular Infrastructure Group plans to begin implementing an emergency call location identification system called “Wireless E911,” during the second quarter of 1997.
With Wireless E911, the public safety answering point will receive the location of cell sector from which the call was placed. Call ar routed to the nearest public safety answering point and that the emergency dispatcher has the caller’s cellular phone number in order to call the caller back.
The system will speed up response to emergencies by automatically pinpointing the location of mobile callers, especially when they are unable to identify their location, said Marty Singer, vice president and general manager of CIG’s Wireless Access and Business Development Division. “Simply stated, Wireless E911 should enable police, fire and medical teams to provide quicker relief in emergency situations.”
The Wireless E911 solution is provided as a system-level service and can be offered to operators with no additional investment in cell site equipment.
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association estimates cellular users make 18 million emergency calls per year, or 50,000 each day.
