By Sandra Wendelken
Public-safety groups took wireless carriers to task in filings with the FCC regarding 9-1-1 location technology, saying a CTIA proposal is "unacceptable" and accusing carriers of trying to dilute the definition of dispatchable location.
CTIA, an association representing U.S. wireless carriers, said last month in a report that testing supported a Z-axis metric of only ±5 meters for 80 percent of fixes, yet added that the FCC should not adopt any metric at this time.
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