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To: michael piegza who wrote (3442)	12/4/1997 5:48:00 PM
From: Mark McLeod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Michael, could you let us know what the rumor pertains to? Competion, faulty service, bad phones, another divorce, Arnie getting cold feet on Nextel? What's the rumor? You brought it up. Thanks. Mark

To: michael piegza who wrote (3442)	12/4/1997 8:57:00 PM
From: Mark McLeod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Michael, post from the Yahoo Message Board follows. Is this the rumor you heard? Yesterday the FCC declared that wireless providers must support and transfer 911 calls for their own subscribers as well as the subscribers of other wireless companies. Is this a significant event for NXTL. They seemed to have fought for a two year delay and lost. Also, the stock dropped almost 7% today ($450 mil). Any comments? Mark

To: michael piegza who wrote (3442)	12/4/1997 9:14:00 PM
From: Mark McLeod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10227

Michael, more on the 911 story. FCC REQUIRES WIRELESS CARRIERS TO RELAY ALMOST ALL 911 CALLS 12/02/97 TR Daily Copyright (c) 1997 Telecommunications Reports International, Inc. The FCC late yesterday issued an order mandating that most wireless carriers transmit almost all "911" emergency calls to public authorities. The Commission also upheld its schedule for the introduction of enhanced 911 (E911) service by wireless carriers. Generally, the agency accepted industry comments offered this summer (TR, Aug 4) calling for a simpler approach to implementing E911 service. The FCC adopted a reconsideration order in Common Carrier docket 94-102 that requires covered wireless carriers to transmit all wireless 911 calls -- including calls from nonsubscribers. The new rules direct wireless carriers to transmit calls without regard to validation procedures intended to identify and intercept calls from non-subscribers. The modified rules temporarily suspend enforcement of the requirement that wireless carriers provide 911 access to text telephone (TTY) subscribers. That requirement will be delayed from April 1998 to October 1998 to enable the wireless industry to work out problems with transmission of 911 calls from TTYs linked to digital wireless systems. The Commission also changed the definition of a "covered Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR)carrier" for 911 purposes to include only providers of real-time, two-way interconnected voice service using intelligent switching capability and seamless handoff of customer calls. The definition change, which had been proposed by the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, will exempt SMR licensees that do not offer interconnection to the public switched telephone network from the 911 and E911 requirements. The new rules uphold earlier requirements that carriers provide automatic number identification (ANI) and cell site information on 911 calls to safety authorities. Such information allows safety authorities to locate and call back 911 callers. However, the Commission said 911 calls from nonvalidated phones would not have to transmit ANI and cell site information. Carriers will be required to provide the first phase of E911, service, including the provision of ANI and cell site information, beginning April 1, 1998, as previously planned. The second phase of the E911 rules, requiring carriers to pinpoint mobile units within 125 meters, will kick in Oct. 1, 2001. The Commission rejected a request by Nextel Communications, Inc., to delay the implementation of E911 service for two years. The company said the nation's existing crazy-quilt system of financing 911 services is totally unworkable for wireless carriers. Copyright c 1997 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. .