PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov DA 96-1550 CC Docket No. 94-102 Tracking No: 960224 Released: September 18, 1996 COMMON CARRIER BUREAU TO HOLD EX PARTE MEETINGS ON WIRELINE PORTION OF ENHANCED 911 RULE MAKING Industry-wide participation expected The Common Carrier Bureau will hold ex. pane meetings concerning the wireline portion of the Commission's Enhanced 911 rulemaking proceeding. Revision of the Commission's Rules to Ensure Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, CC Docket No. 94-102, 9 FCC-Rcd 6170 (1994) (E911 Notice). Representatives of a cross-section of commenters to the £977 Notice are expected to speak. The meetings, scheduled for Thursday, September 19, and Friday, September 20, 1996 in the Commission Meeting Room (Rm 856, 1919 M Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554), will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Organized by the Common Carrier Bureau, the meetings will allow state E911 administrators, multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) owners and operators, PBX and key system manufacturers, and local exchange carriers to discuss public safety, technical and cost issues that have arisen in this proceeding. Expected to speak are representatives from the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO, Inc). the National Association of State 911 Administrators (NASNA), the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), the Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee (Ad Hoc) (including representatives from Ad Hoc members SABRE Group and Advantis), Lucent Technologies. Inc. (Lucent), Northern Telecom, Inc. (NorTel), Telident, Inc. (Telident), the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the Multimedia Telecommunication Association (MMTA), Mitel Corp., Comdial Corp., Ameritech and NYNEX. 11304 The meetings are open to the public. Videotapes will be available from Telspan International, Inc. (301) 731-5358. For further information, contact Gregory M. Cooke, (202) 418-2351, or Alan A. Thomas, (202) 418-2338, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau, 2000 M Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20554. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 11305