E-911 Good to Go

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. -- Official operator results filed today by wireless operator T-Mobile show E-OTD location technology complied fully with this year’s FCC (Federal Communications Commission) E-911 mandate - and reveal a unique GSM industry-wide commitment to meeting the 2003 requirements.Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd (CPS), which has developed E-OTD as the standardised GSM location solution, welcomed the filing which followsmajornetwork deployments involving network equipment and handset vendors in several US states.The filing, which includes the most detailed results for any US location technology trial, highlights:

The report states: “The accuracy results from the E-OTD deployments areveryencouraging…T-Mobile continues to believe that E-OTD represents thequickestpath to full compliance with the (FCC) Phase II requirements for GSM.”It also includes details of an organisation - the Joint Industry Working Group - that has brought together senior management and technicalexpertisefrom global vendors Ericsson, Siemens, Nortel Networks, Nokia andCambridgePositioning Systems. Up to 1,000 engineering and technical staff fromthesecompanies are currently working on E-OTD.CPS Chief Executive Chris Wade said: “The whole GSM vendor community is behind E-OTD and it is this unique collaboration and commitment which has helped deliver these results. The imminent availability of commercialE-OTDhandsets is also a powerful signal that the technology is meeting FCC requirements.”Cambridge Positioning Systems T-Mobile USA