[VOIPSEC] FYI - OFCOM requires UK VoIP providers to be able to provide 911-equivalent (999/112)

[Hannes Tschofenig]

Hi Dan,

you can read more about the UK situation by looking at the following 
slide set by John Medland from the 4th Emergency Services Coordination 
Workshop:
http://www.emergency-services-coordination.info/esw4.html

Here is the direct link to the presentation:
http://www.tschofenig.priv.at/twiki/pub/EmergencyServices/EswAgenda2008/BT-ES_SDO_April_08.ppt

Ciao
Hannes

PS: I will try to make the audio to the presentation available...

Dan York wrote:
> VOIPSEC readers,
>
> We don't often talk here about emergency services and VoIP, i.e.  
> supporting 911 here in the US and equivalent numbers in other  
> countries, but I thought some of you might be interested in this piece  
> about the status of this topic in the UK:
>
>    http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2007/12/nr_22071205
>
> Essentially, OFCOM has indicated that as of September 8th of this  
> year, all VoIP providers in the UK must be able to support emergency  
> calls to 999 and 112 (UK equivalents of US 911).
>
> Regards,
> Dan
>