ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Ntelos Wireless, which provides services in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s E911 Phase II mandate.
“We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with Ntelos Wireless,” said Maurice Tose, TCS’ chairman, president and chief executive officer. “Effective emergency services continue to be a top priority for cell-phone subscribers. It is gratifying to extend our Phase I support and now provide Ntelos Wireless with Phase II E911 service which ensures its customers’ safety, while meeting its obligations to its subscribers and the FCC.”
The service works for Ntelos customers with Phase II-capable handsets in the markets that Ntelos has deployed TCS’ technology.
TCS said Ntelos is the eighth wireless carrier to use its hosted location service, which the company said provides carriers with an alternative to purchasing their own Position Determining Entity and Mobile Positioning Center systems to meet the FCC’s E911 mandate.
