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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR20.3]
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TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
PART 20--COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents
Sec. 20.3 Definitions.
Appropriate local emergency authority. An emergency answering
point
that has not been officially designated as a Public Safety
Answering
Point (PSAP), but has the capability of receiving 911 calls and
either
dispatching emergency services personnel or, if necessary,
relaying the
call to another emergency service provider. An appropriate local
emergency authority may include, but is not limited, to an
existing
local law enforcement authority, such as the police, county
sheriff,
local emergency medical services provider, or fire department.
Automatic Number Identification (ANI). A system that identifies
the
billing account for a call. For 911 systems, the ANI identifies
the
calling party and may be used as a call back number.
Commercial mobile radio service. A mobile service that is:
(a)(1) provided for profit, i.e., with the intent of receiving
compensation or monetary gain;
(2) An interconnected service; and
(3) Available to the public, or to such classes of eligible
users as
to be effectively available to a substantial portion of the
public; or
(b) The functional equivalent of such a mobile service described
in
paragraph (a) of this section.
Designated PSAP. The Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
designated
by the local or state entity that has the authority and
responsibility
to designate the PSAP to receive wireless 911 calls.
Incumbent Wide Area SMR Licensees. Licensees who have obtained
extended implementation authorizations in the 800 MHz or 900 MHz
service, either by waiver or under Section 90.629 of these
rules, and
who offer real-time, two-way voice service that is
interconnected with
the public switched network.
Handset-based location technology. A method of providing the
location of wireless 911 callers that requires the use of
special
location-determining hardware and/or software in a portable or
mobile
phone. Handset-based location technology may also employ
additional
location-determining hardware and/or software in the CMRS
network and/or
another fixed infrastructure.
Interconnection or Interconnected. Direct or indirect connection
through automatic or manual means (by wire, microwave, or other
technologies such as store and forward) to permit the
transmission or
reception of messages or signals to or from points in the public
switched network.
Interconnected Service. A service: (a) That is interconnected
with
the public switched network, or interconnected with the public
switched
network through an interconnected service provider, that gives
subscribers the capability to communicate to or receive
communication
from all other users on the public switched network; or
(b) For which a request for such interconnection is pending
pursuant to
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section 332(c)(1)(B) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.
332(c)(1)(B).
A mobile service offers interconnected service even if the
service
allows subscribers to access the public switched network only
during
specified hours of the day, or if the service provides general
access to
points on the public switched network but also restricts access
in
certain limited ways. Interconnected service does not include
any
interface between a licensee's facilities and the public
switched
network exclusively for a licensee's internal control purposes.
Location-capable handsets. Portable or mobile phones that
contain
special location-determining hardware and/or software, which is
used by
a licensee to locate 911 calls.
Mobile Service. A radio communication service carried on between
mobile stations or receivers and land stations, and by mobile
stations
communicating among themselves, and includes:
(a) Both one-way and two-way radio communications services;
(b) A mobile service which provides a regularly interacting
group of
base, mobile, portable, and associated control and relay
stations
(whether licensed on an individual, cooperative, or multiple
basis) for
private one-way or two-way land mobile radio communications by
eligible
users over designated areas of operation; and
(c) Any service for which a license is required in a personal
communications service under part 24 of this chapter.
Network-based Location Technology. A method of providing the
location of wireless 911 callers that employs hardware and/or
software
in the CMRS network and/or another fixed infrastructure, and
does not
require the use of special location-determining hardware and/or
software
in the caller's portable or mobile phone.
Private Mobile Radio Service. A mobile service that is neither a
commercial mobile radio service nor the functional equivalent of
a
service that meets the definition of commercial mobile radio
service.
Private mobile radio service includes the following:
(a) Not-for-profit land mobile radio and paging services that
serve
the licensee's internal communications needs as defined in part
90 of
this chapter. Shared-use, cost-sharing, or cooperative
arrangements,
multiple licensed systems that use third party managers or users
combining resources to meet compatible needs for specialized
internal
communications facilities in compliance with the safeguards of
Sec. 90.179 of this chapter are presumptively private mobile
radio
services;
(b) Mobile radio service offered to restricted classes of
eligible
users. This includes entities eligible in the Public Safety
Radio Pool
and Radiolocation service.
(c) 220-222 MHz land mobile service and Automatic Vehicle
Monitoring
systems (part 90 of this chapter) that do not offer
interconnected
service or that are not-for-profit; and
(d) Personal Radio Services under part 95 of this chapter
(General
Mobile Services, Radio Control Radio Services, and Citizens Band
Radio
Services); Maritime Service Stations (excluding Public Coast
stations)
(part 80 of this chapter); and Aviation Service Stations (part
87 of
this chapter).
Pseudo Automatic Number Identification (Pseudo-ANI). A number,
consisting of the same number of digits as ANI, that is not a
North
American Numbering Plan telephone directory number and may be
used in
place of an ANI to convey special meaning. The special meaning
assigned
to the pseudo-ANI is determined by agreements, as necessary,
between the
system originating the call, intermediate systems handling and
routing
the call, and the destination system.
Public Safety Answering Point. A point that has been designated
to
receive 911 calls and route them to emergency service personnel.
Public Switched Network. Any common carrier switched network,
whether by wire or radio, including local exchange carriers,
interexchange carriers, and mobile service providers, that use
the North
American Numbering Plan in connection with the provision of
switched
services.
Statewide default answering point. An emergency answering point
designated by the State to receive 911 calls for either the
entire State
or those portions
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of the State not otherwise served by a local PSAP.
[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 38402, July 24,
1996;
61 FR 40352, Aug. 2, 1996; 62 FR 18843, Apr. 17, 1997; 63 FR
2637, Jan.
16, 1998; 64 FR 60130, Nov. 4, 1999; 67 FR 1648, Jan. 14, 2002]
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