Wireless 911 deadline to be set today

GATINEAU – The CRTC will set a deadline of February 1, 2010 for a new wireless emergency 911 standard to be implemented by Canadian wireless carriers. The announcement is expected at 11 a.m. this morning.Canada’s wireless e911 service is not as advanced as compared to the U.S. marketplace. In Canada, 911 operators who field an emergency call made from a cell phone normally must ask where the caller is. Of course, that’s a problem if the caller either can’t talk, or doesn’t know where they are. Thanks to an FCC edict in the States, wireless carriers there already use radio...