# 2025-09279: FCC Wants Next-Generation 911 Calls to Work More Reliably 2025-09279, Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Federal Communications Commission published 2025-06-04, effective FNPRM adopted March 27, 2025 and released March 28, 2025; comments are due July 21, 2025 and reply comments are due August 18, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09279 - As of: 2026-10-27 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-09279 - Title: Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability - Type: Proposed Rule - Agencies: Federal Communications Commission - Citation: 90 FR 23768 - Published: 2025-06-04 - Effective: FNPRM adopted March 27, 2025 and released March 28, 2025; comments are due July 21, 2025 and reply comments are due August 18, 2025. - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-10-27 ## In one line FCC Wants Next-Generation 911 Calls to Work More Reliably ## Summary The FCC is updating rules to make sure new Next Generation 911 (NG911) systems are super reliable and work smoothly across states. This affects 911 service providers who manage critical parts of the network, requiring them to meet tougher standards for handling calls, texts, and videos. These changes aim to keep emergency services fast and safe as NG911 rolls out nationwide, with new rules expected to kick in soon and possibly impact funding and oversight. ## Abstract In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules that would help ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. When the Commission first adopted 911 reliability rules in 2013, the transition to NG911 was in its very early stages. Since then, many state and local 911 Authorities have made significant progress in deploying NG911 capabilities in their jurisdictions. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) is the next step in fulfilling the Commission's commitment to facilitate the NG911 transition and to ensure that the transition does not inadvertently create vulnerabilities in the nation's critical public safety networks. The FNPRM proposes to update the definition of "covered 911 service provider" in the Commission's existing 911 reliability rules to ensure that the rules apply to service providers that control or operate critical pathways and components in NG911 networks. It also proposes to update the reliability standards for providers of critical NG911 functions to ensure the reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points, and proposes to establish NG911 interoperability requirements for interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets). In addition, the FNPRM proposes to modify the certification and oversight mechanisms in the current 911 reliability rules to improve reliability and interoperability in NG911 systems while minimizing burdens on service providers, and proposes to empower state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers. ## Effects PRIA read - Explicitly include NG911 functions as covered providers: benefit, high. The FCC proposes to update the definition of "covered 911 service provider" to explicitly state that certain NG911 facilities and functions—such as Location Validation Functions (LVFs), Geographic Information Systems (GISs), Emergency Call Routing Functions (ECRFs), Emergency Services Routing Proxi… - Add specific provider types (including OC3 threshold): benefit, medium. The FCC proposes to expand the covered 911 service provider definition to include operators of Location Information Servers (LISs), Legacy Network Gateways (LNGs), interstate Major Transport Facilities that meet or exceed Optical Carrier 3 (OC3) capacity and carry 911 traffic from multiple originat… - Tougher reliability standards for critical NG911 functions: benefit, high. The FCC proposes updated reliability standards that providers of critical NG911 functions must use to ensure reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points. You would see these rules applied to entities that support transport, aggregation, and data facilities in the interstate and nation… - Interstate ESInet interoperability requirements: benefit, medium. The FCC proposes NG911 interoperability requirements to govern interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets) so PSAPs can transfer calls and data across state lines with minimal retranslation or reformatting. The proposal would add an interoperability certifica… - Certifications and state/local access to them: benefit, low. The FCC proposes to modify certification and oversight mechanisms for 911 reliability and interoperability and would enable state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers. 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