OTTAWA – The CRTC, in response to a request from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), has extended the deadline to March 1, 2013 to file comments with the Inquiry Officer regarding the review of 9-1-1 services in Canada.
In December of 2012 the regulator appointed Commissioner Timothy Denton as Inquiry Officer pursuant to section 70 of the Telecommunications Act. Denton is now conducting research on 9-1-1 services in Canada and will report his findings to the Commission by the end of May 2013.
Denton’s report will focus on three broad areas:
- the performance and adequacy of the technology currently employed by 9-1-1 services, such as that used to locate a caller using a cellphone;
- the issues related to the provision of 9-1-1 services on next-generation networks, including how systems should be designed and the appropriate institutional arrangements;
- and policy considerations on 9-1-1 matters.
Any interested person that files comments with the Inquiry Officer by February 1, 2013 may file reply comments with the Inquiry Officer by March 15, 2013.
