Enhanced E911 Location for IP Endpoints - Description

This feature mainly focuses on the Section 506 of the Ray Baum Act, which refers to the rules adopted by the FCC requiring enterprises utilizing multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) to provide automated dispatchable location for all 911 calls. The feature establishes the concept of dispatchable location for Interconnected VoIP services and other 911 capable services. It is critical to achieve successful emergency outcomes for calls that originate from multi-line telephone systems (MLTS).

The MLTS (Multi-line Telephone Systems) provides a dispatchable location for 911 calls that includes street address, apartment, suite to adequately identify the location of the calling party.

As per Mitel Legal, VoIP phones is defined as non-fixed devices, the only fixed devices in Mitel solutions are analog phones and old digital (non-IP) phone. The features implemented in this solution will help customers adhere to comply to compliance. The features include improvements to our existing CESID mapping methods and a possible integration with 3rd Party Vendors to mainly address off-premises endpoints.

 

Advantages of E911 Location Reporting for IP Endpoints