Tennessee Regulatory Authority

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Tennessee Regulatory Authority

• Enhanced 9-1-1
• for
• Voice over Internet Protocol
• (VoIP) Service
• December 12, 2005

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BellSouth E9-1-1/VoIP Implementation Timeline
BellSouth announces it will offer VSPs direct
connection to each of our 64 selective routers
BST tariffed offering for interconnection to
E9-1-1 wireline network is effective
06/05
02/05
11/05
BellSouth files E9-1-1/VoIP compliance plans
with FCC
05/05
BellSouth posts VSP E9-1-1 Guide FCC Releases
E 9-1-1/VoIP RO and NPRM
FCC grants SBC-IS petition for limited
waiver to obtain numbering resources for use in
deploying IP-enabled services.
08/05
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BellSouth E9-1-1/VoIP Wholesale Support

• May 2005, BellSouth announced that it would offer
  VoIP providers the opportunity to purchase direct
  connection to each of BellSouths sixty-four
  9-1-1 selective routers to enable delivery of
  calls to PSAPs
• June 2005, BellSouth posted an E9-1-1 Guide for
  VoIP Providers http//www.interconnection.bellsou
  th.com/guides/e911/html/avspe001/index.htm
• July 2005, BellSouth developed a professional
  services agreement for the assignment and
  management of pANI-ESQK numbering resources
• August 2005, BellSouths tariffed offering for
  direct interconnection to the E9-1-1 wireline
  network became effective
• This solution will provide emergency responders
  with the callers callback number and the address
  associated with the VoIP customers assigned
  number
• Street address only provided in cases where VoIP
  provider furnishes location information. VoIP
  provider must update and provide current location
  information when end user is making calls from
  other locations.

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BellSouth VoIP Retail Service

• BellSouth has begun offering a residential VoIP
  service BellSouth Digital
  Phone Service
• BellSouth Digital Phone Service will be provided
  to a subscriber only after that subscribers
  initial registered location is E9-1-1 serviceable
• BellSouth web site registration process requires
  that all subscribers review and acknowledge the
  terms and conditions of service, including
  detailed information on how E9-1-1 works in
  conjunction with the service
• If a subscriber changes location and the new
  location is not E9-1-1 compatible, service
  will be suspended until the subscriber registers
  a serviceable location

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E9-1-1 Solutions for VSPs

• VoIP Service Providers (VSPs) initially could
  contract with interconnected CLECs to deliver
  emergency 9-1-1 calls
• The National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
  developed a phased E9-1-1 approach, which will
  ultimately provide IP-based E9-1-1 services to
  nomadic, fully mobile VSP end users
• NENA I1 is a non-enhanced 9-1-1 solution, which
  routes calls to 10-digit administrative PSAP
  lines
• NENA pre-I2 provides E9-1-1 for fixed subscribers
  and introduces support for foreign area codes and
  mobility, but requires VoIP end user to register
  their new location when changing locations
• NENA I2 adds support for nomadic and fully mobile
  VSP end users with automated location
  identification
• NENA I3 will support nomadic, fully mobile VSP
  end users over an IP end-to-end network
• NENA I3 standards are currently under development
  
• NENA I3 will allow call-takers to communicate
  with responders by voice, video, or text

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BellSouth E9-1-1/VoIP Summary

• BellSouth is committed to ensuring that E9-1-1
  services are available to deliver vital
  information in cases of emergency
• BellSouth will continue to work closely with NENA
  and governmental authorities to support the
  standards-based NENA phased E9-1-1 solution
• To assist VSPs in complying with the Order,
  BellSouth provides
• Interconnection to BellSouths E9-1-1 wireline
  network
• E911 Guide for VoIP Service Providers
• Professional Services Agreement for pANI-ESQK
  management
• BellSouth Digital Phone Service will be made
  available only where it is in compliance with the
  Order