OEC Outreach Clips: Wheeler Requests Congressional Help to Spur NG 9-1-1 Nationwide, Source Mission Critical Communications

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler continued to request congressional help to improve the quality and accuracy of 9-1-1 in comments before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Wheeler said the industry is stepping up to many of the challenges, improving 9-1-1 location accuracy, supporting text to 9-1-1, and generally investing to improve network reliability and resiliency. He said 20 percent of U.S. counties support text to 9-1-1. Read more here: Wheeler Requests Congressional Help to Spur NG 9-1-1 Nationwide