FCC Says It Isn’t Requiring All Mobiles Be Equipped with GPS by 2018
October 19, 2011 By: Kevin DennehyMany press reports recently said that the Federal Communications Commission plans to require GPS in all mobiles by 2018, including LBS Insider (Oct. 12, 2011). However, the FCC said that isn’t quite so, saying that “not before 2019, on a date still to be determined, carriers will have to meet the more stringent location accuracy standards that now apply to those carriers using a handset solution for [enhanced 911], and they may choose which solution to use.”
FCC spokeswoman Lauren Kravetz said that these technology solutions may be GPS chipsets, network-based, or a hybrid. The FCC said, after the conclusion of an eight-year period that ends in early 2019, it will sunset the existing network-based rule and require all wireless carriers to meet “the more stringent location accuracy standards in the handset-based rule. The FCC will then set a specific sunset date for a network-based standard — after further notice and comments."
For more information, see the FCC press release.
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