Policymaking for Critical Infrastructure by Gordon A. Gow

Author:Gordon A. Gow [Gow, Gordon A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Social Work, Technology & Engineering, Telecommunications
ISBN: 9781351151580
Google: tKSbDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-04T03:47:36+00:00

Final reply comments for Microcell’s Part VII application were submitted in early June 2001. Among other things, the application highlights the fact that consensus among the wireless carriers and ILECs is tenuous, despite the apparent success of the technical trial in Alberta and the cooperation that was then evident in the planning for the Ontario trial. All parties, with the exception of Microcell, recommended the Part VII application be denied because, as Bell put it, ‘the material filed in this proceeding by the vast majority of participants confirms that the current [industry-led] approach followed for the implementation of Wireless E9-1-1 is the most appropriate’ and that Microcell’s proposed mandate ‘would be impractical’ (Aliant Telecom Inc. et al., 2001c, par. 3).

Clearly, the ILECs and wireless carriers wanted to avoid a mandate and continue their work on Wireless E9-1-1 solely within the comfort of an industry setting such as the CWTA. Microcell’s application for Wireless CLEC status had, however, forced the regulator’s hand by drawing paragraph 286 of Decision 97-8 into the proceedings. As events unfolded it became clear with the Part VII application that while industry stakeholders were willing to work together to develop and test the technical capability for Wireless E9-1-1, an alignment of interests was less evident on more specific issues related to standardization.

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