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 FCC  AND  AT&  T  WIRELESS  ENTER  INTO  $2,000,000  CONSENT  DECREE  REGARDING  E911  RULES 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  The  Commission  has  adopted  an  Order  approving  a  consent  decree  resolving  possible  violations  of  the  enhanced  911  (E911)  Phase  II  rules  by  AT&  T  Wireless 
 Services,  Inc.  (AT&  T  Wireless).  As  part  of  the  consent  decree,  AT&  T  Wireless  has  committed  to  a  timeline  for  deployment  of  its  network-  based  location  technology  within  its  Global  System 
 for  Mobile  Communications/  General  Packet  Radio  Service  network  (GSM  network).  Under  the  decree,  AT&  T  Wireless  will  deploy  a  Phase  II  compliant  technology  at  a  minimum  of  1,000  cell 
 sites  on  its  GSM  network  by  January  31,  2003;  2,000  cell  sites  by  March  31,  2003;  4,000  cell  sites  by  June  30,  2003;  6,000  cell  sites  by  December  31,  2003;  and  8,000  cell  sites  by  June  30, 
 2004.  For  Public  Safety  Answering  Points  (PSAPs)  that  filed  valid  requests  for  Phase  II  service  on  or  before  September  30,  2002,  AT&  T  Wireless  will  provide  Phase  II  service  to  100%  of  those 
 PSAPs’  coverage  areas  or  populations  by  November  30,  2003;  for  PSAPs  that  filed  valid  requests  for  Phase  II  service  after  September  30,  2002,  but  on  or  before  April  30,  2003,  AT&  T 
 Wireless  will  provide  Phase  II  service  to  50%  of  those  PSAPs’  coverage  areas  and  population  by  November  30,  2003,  and  to  100%  of  those  PSAPs’  coverage  areas  and  population  by  June  30, 
 2004.  In  addition,  AT&  T  Wireless  has  agreed  to  make  a  voluntary  contribution  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury  in  the  amount  of  $2,000,000. 


 It  will  also  submit  Quarterly  Reports  to  the  Commission  on  its  progress  and  compliance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  consent  decree  and  the  E911  Phase  II  rules.  Further,  should 
 it  fail  to  meet  the  deployment  benchmarks  set  forth  in  the  consent  decree,  AT&  T  Wireless  will  make  automatic  payments  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury  of  $450,000  for  the  first  missed  benchmark, 
 $900,000  for  the  second  missed  benchmark,  and  $1.8  million  for  any  subsequently  missed  benchmarks. 


 On  October  2,  2001,  the  Commission  granted  AT&  T  Wireless  a  temporary,  conditional  waiver  of  the  E911  Phase  II  rules  for  its  GSM  network.  The  Commission  granted  AT&  T 
 Wireless  a  waiver  only  of  the  Phase  II  location  accuracy  requirements,  not  the  requirements  for  deployment  of  location-  capable  handsets  and  provision  of  Phase  II  service  to  PSAPs.  After 
 receiving  reports  that  AT&  T  Wireless  was  not  in  compliance  with  the  handset  deployment  requirements,  the  Enforcement  Bureau  commenced  an  investigation.  Based  on  this  investigation, 
 the  Commission  issued  a  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  (NAL)  on  May  20,  2002.  The  NAL  cited  AT&  T  Wireless  for  apparent  violations  of  the  E911  Phase  II  rules  (Section  20.18  of  the 
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 Commission’s  Rules)  and  for  failing  to  notify  the  Commission  within  30  days  that  information  in  its  E911  waiver  request  was  no  longer  substantially  accurate  and  complete  (Section  1.65  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules).  The  consent  decree  resolves  the  apparent  violations  addressed  in  the  NAL,  as  well  as  other  issues  related  to  AT&  T  Wireless’s  deployment  of  E911  technology  in  its 
 GSM  network. 
 Action  by  the  Commission  on  October  8,  2002  by  Order  (FCC  02-  283).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps  and  Martin. 


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