FINAL RULES
Part 20 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: 
Part 20 - COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES 

1. Section 20.18 is amended by revising paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) as follows: * * * * * (g) 

Phase-in for Handset-based Location Technologies. 

Licensees subject to this section who employ a handset-based location technology may phase in deployment of Phase II enhanced 911 service, subject to the following requirements: 

1. Without respect to any PSAP request for deployment of Phase II 911 enhanced service, the licensee shall: 
   (A) Begin selling and activating location-capable handsets no later than October 1, 2001; 
   (B) Ensure that at least 25 percent of all new handsets activated are location-capable no later than December 31, 2001; 
   (C) Ensure that at least 50 percent of all new handsets activated are location-capable no later than June 30, 2002; and 
   (D) Ensure that 100 percent of all new digital handsets activated are location-capable no later than December 31, 2002 and thereafter. 
   (E) By December 31, 2005, achieve 95 percent penetration of location-capable handsets among its subscribers. 
    
2. Once a PSAP request is received, the licensee shall, in the area served by the PSAP, within six months or by October 1, 2001, whichever is later: 
   (A) Install any hardware and/or software in the CMRS network and/or other fixed infrastructure, as needed, to enable the provision of Phase II enhanced 911 service; and 
   (B) Begin delivering Phase II enhanced 911 service to the PSAP.

Miscellaneous Excerpts

In addition, we modified the deployment schedule for carriers employing a network-based solution, requiring a carrier to provide ALI to 50 percent of callers in its coverage area within six months of a PSAP request and to 100 percent of callers within 18 months of that request. In addition, the E911 Third Report and Order established a requirement that all wireless carriers must submit to the Commission no later than October 1, 2000 a report on their plans for implementing Phase II.

33. ... We accordingly revise the schedule to require that carriers employing a handset-based solution begin making ALI-capable handsets available for sale no later than October 1, 2001. This schedule should ensure that customers electing to take advantage of the enhanced safety of these handsets may purchase them by October 1, 2001, when the first PSAPs may begin using this information for 911 calls.

34. ... Under the revised schedule, a carrier employing a handset-based solution must achieve a 25 percent level of ALI-capable handset activations by December 31, 2001, a 50 percent activation level by June 30, 2002, and a 100 percent activation level for new, digital handsets by December 31, 2002.