AT&T, Verizon, Intrado and CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies) haveagreed to settleover the Federal Communications Commission’s investigations into the connection outages that led to failed 911 calls in 2020.
The four companies will implement compliance plans that adhere to the FCC’s 911 rules, as well as pay a total of $6 million in settlement payments, according to a Friday announcement from the FCC.
“The most important phone call you ever make may be a call to 911,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in the commission’s release addressing the settlement.
“It’s vital that phone companies prevent these outages wherever possible and provide prompt and sufficient notification to 911 call centers when they do occur.”
In November, T-Mobile agreed to pay a$19.5 million settlementwith the FCC over an investigation into the carrier’s 911 outages that happen in June 2020.
