Source note · US emergency calling regulatory requirements
47 CFR 9.16(b)(3) sets 3 dispatchable location deadlines for multi-line telephone systems: an on-premises fixed telephone shall provide automated dispatchable location no later than 6 January 2021; an on-premises non-fixed device shall no later than 6 January 2022 provide automated dispatchable location when technically feasible and otherwise dispatchable location based on end user manual update or alternative location information as defined in section 9.3; and an off-premises device shall no later than 6 January 2022 provide automatic dispatchable location if technically feasible and otherwise end user manual update or enhanced location information which may be coordinate-based.
Checked 2026-09-16
- Vendor
- Federal Communications Commission
- Product
- multi-line telephone systems
- Subsystem
- regulation
- Deployment
- not restricted
- Region
- united states
- Release range
- not restricted
- Checked
- 2026-09-16
Sources
- 47 CFR part 9 — 911 Requirements — Office of the Federal Register / eCFR · tier 1 standards and regulators · 47 CFR 9.16(b)(3)(i) to (iii)
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APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 16). US emergency calling regulatory requirements: source note e911-three-dispatchable-location-deadlines. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e911-three-dispatchable-location-deadlines
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-e911-three-dispatchable-location-deadlines,
title = {US emergency calling regulatory requirements: source note e911-three-dispatchable-location-deadlines},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e911-three-dispatchable-location-deadlines},
note = {Source note e911-three-dispatchable-location-deadlines, checked 2026-09-16}
}