47 CFR 9.3 defines Automatic Location Information (ALI) as information transmitted while providing E911 service that permits emergency service providers to identify the geographic location of the calling party.

Checked 2026-10-14

Information transmitted while providing E911 service that permits emergency service providers to identify the geographic location of the calling party.
Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
FCC 911 rules definitions
Deployment
legacy-e911
Region
us
Release range
current as of 2026-10-14
Checked
2026-10-14

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 14). ALI databases and MSAG address validation: source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-ali-definition. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-ali-definition

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-ali-definition,
  title  = {ALI databases and MSAG address validation: source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-ali-definition},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-ali-definition},
  note   = {Source note ali-msag-location-provisioning-cfr-ali-definition, checked 2026-10-14}
}

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