Comment Sought on Text to 9-1-1 Waiver

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today sought comment on a waiver petition filed by the Alaska Wireless Network LLC seeking a one-year extension of the requirement that it be capable of providing text-to-911 service to public safety answering points (PSAPs) within six months of a valid PSAP request. Carriers were required to be capable by Dec. 31, 2014, of providing text-to-911 service. Comments on the waiver request are due May 14 and replies May 19 in PS dockets 10-255 and 11-153.