Intrado Life & Safety has announced the launch of NG Nexus to help Originating Service Providers (OSPs) comply with incoming FCC regulations.
"Transitioning to NG911 presents significant operational, financial, and compliance challenges for OSPs,"
Brian Davenport, Chief Strategy Officer at Intrado said.
Fully managed and hosted, NG Nexus is a turnkey solution that aims to help companies that deal with communication traffic for 911 emergency services with regulations and support their transition to Next Generation 911 (NG911).
Keep Compliant with Regulations
The Commission's NG911 Transition Order (FCC 24-78) requires OSPs—including wireline, wireless, VoIP, and text providers—to deliver 911 traffic in an IP-based SIP format following a valid request from a Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) within strict compliance timelines.
There are more than 6,000 PSAPs in the US, and the FCC's new order requires OSPs to track the NG911 enablement status of each PSAP they serve, including whether the call center is completely ready, partially deployed, or not yet deployed.
NG Nexus simplifies this transition by automatically determining a PSAP's network readiness and enabling the delivery of emergency traffic in the correct format—whether legacy (non-SIP), SIP, or i3-formatted SIP—ensuring seamless interoperability.
"With NG Nexus, we remove the burden of compliance, enabling OSPs to focus on their core business while ensuring PSAPs in every community can take advantage of new, life-saving technologies as soon as possible," Davenport said.
Alongside compliance, NG Nexus aims to provide a number of other features that enhance the service provided.
By harnessing LIS, RDF, LRF, HELD/ADR, IPv6, and other technologies and protocols, the solution is also able to provide superior caller location and routing.
