Tom Wheeler calls on Congress to address next-gen 9-1-1, says FCC has ‘done about everything we can do’

By Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler vows to spend the next year calling on Congress to tackle the issue of funding and deploying next-generation 911 (NG911) in public-safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout the U.S., noting that the FCC has “done about everything we can do” within the agency’s legal authority.