On August 1, 2019, the FCC adopted a Report and Order to implement the 911 direct dial and notification requirements of the Kari’s Law Act of 2017 for multi-line telephone systems that are deployed in hotels, office buildings, schools and many other locations. The Report and Order also implements Section 506 of RAY BAUM’s Act, which directed the FCC to consider rules to require the caller’s location gets conveyed to the public safety answering point with all 911 calls made using multi-line telephone systems or other types of devices… READ MORE
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