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Carriers ready for text-to-911 (RCR Mobile Minute)

by Martha DeGrasse
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Mobile service providers are preparing to support text-to-911, for situations in which a victim cannot or will not speak. Texting to 911 could become more and more common as the younger generation comes of age. Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile US will start supporting text-to-911 on May 15, but it will roll out gradually as local emergency call centers get onboard. When someone sends a text to 911, it is routed by the local public safety answering point (PSAP.)
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Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.