Tuesday, October 13th from 09:00 – 09:50
Dick Dickinson
Senior Director for Public Safety
Telecommunication Systems (TCS)
“NSI Phones…What Do We Do?”
NonService Initiated Phones (NSI) are an example of an old adage: No good deed goes unpunished. Originally intended to facilitate emergency communications by people without access to cell phones, NSI phones have become a serious problem due to malicious pranksters who use the untraceable phone to harass PSAPs. This presentation will look at the history of NSI phones and will address possible remedies that have been directed by the FCC.
Speaker Bio
Following graduation from the US Military Academy at West Point, Dick Dickinson served in the US Air Force. Recruited to join Telecommunications Systems in 1998 as an e911 wireless deployment mgr, he has completed thousands of wireless and VoIP E911 deployments and has dealt with all of the many technical challenges that have come and gone as E911 wireless and VoIP technology has evolved. Because of his expertise and wide range of industry contacts, Dick now represents TCS in many industry forums, including NENA, ESIF, APCO & E911 Institute. He is a member of the State E911 Advisory Council in the state of WA and cochairs the ESIF ECDR Subcommittee. He speaks frequently at NENA, APCO, and other industry forums on subjects related to wireless and VoIP E911.
Gulf Coast 9-1-1
Conference Sponsors
911 Consult, Inc
