Various groups of public safety answering points (PSAPs) and Enhanced 911 (E911) stakeholders are asking the CRTC to have the decommissioning of legacy E911 networks delayed until the end of 2025 or later.
As part of Canada’s transition to next-generation 911 (NG911) networks, the legacy E911 networks are currently scheduled to be phased out by March 2025. The CRTC received three separate Part 1 applications in December, asking for the networks’ decommissioning to be delayed.
A group comprising E-Comm Emergency Communications for British Columbia Incorporated (E-Comm) and its NG911 contracted partners British Columbia Emergency Health Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police E-Division and Saanich Fire are requesting that the E911 network and legacy selective router gateways remain available until the end of 2025.
The two other applications ask that the deadline by which incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) are to decommission their current 911 network components that will not form part of their NG911 networks be delayed until March 2026. One of these applications was submitted jointly by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada, while the other was filed by Canadian Forces Base Borden Technical Services, Communications and Information Systems Squadron.
In a letter posted to the commission’s website Tuesday, the CRTC asks interested parties to submit comments on the applications by Feb. 9. Final replies to interventions are due by Feb. 19.
