AT&T is the first carrier in the US tolaunch the systemnationally for emergency calls.
“For the general consumer, they wont notice a difference when location-based routing is deployed.
Today, 68% of adults dont have a landline in their homes,according to the CDC.
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However, according to one study, 80% of 911 calls now come from a mobile gear.
AT&T says the nationwide rollout is scheduled to be completed by July.
The company isnt the only carrier to have launched a location-based 911 system.
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T-Mobile, for example,rolled outa similar approach on a regional level.
T-Mobile says some areas with the new technology have experienced up to 40 percent fewer call transfers.
“And that, simply stated, will make people safer.”
This mandate will help locate callers in an emergency by determining their correct altitude or floor level.
Most carriers currently route 911 calls based on cell tower location.
“We know that 911 transfers delay emergency response, and the winner here is our community.”
The Future of Emergency Response
Mobile routing systems could soon get even more accurate.
Another potentially game-changing innovation is known asReal-Time Kinematic(RTK) technology.
The system improves the precision of GPS by measuring the arrival time of millimeter-wave signals coming from the handset.
