FCC wants texting apps like iMessage in text-to-911 plan
The Federal Communications Commission wants to require all cellular carriers and Internet-based messaging providers to support text-to-911 messages.
While the four largest U.S. wireless carriers have already signed on to the plan, the U.S. agency today proposed guidelines that would require “over the top” text messaging apps — those capable of sending text messages to phones — to be part of the initiative, which is expected to operational by 2014. Apps that would presumably be part of the initiative include Apple’s iMessage, BlackBerry’s BBM, Android’s MightyText, and Saumsung’s ChatOn,…
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