On November 19, 2025, APCO, together with the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the National Sheriffs’ Association submitted a filing in response to NextNav’s request for Federal Communications Commission action to modify the 900 MHz band and a related Notice of Inquiry on the development of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies and solutions.
APCO Supports Legislation to Study Location Information for 988 Calls
On November 19, 2025, Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) introduced the 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act, a bill to establish an advisory committee to study the legal, technical, and funding challenges related to transmitting location information with calls to 988.
APCO Supports Updating the Rules on Industrial Signal Boosters
On November 18, 2025, APCO submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the Safer Buildings Coalition’s request to update the rules for industrial signal boosters.
APCO Offers Recommendations to Modernize Emergency Alerting
On November 18, 2025, APCO filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on modernizing the nation’s alerting systems.
APCO Expands on Recommendations for FCC Action to Improve Interoperability and Reliability for NG9-1-1 Systems
On September 17, 2025, APCO filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on improving interoperability and reliability for NG9-1-1.
