Reporting
- Early mobile telephone vs. cellular technology - calls can now be traced to the "cellular level".
- 2001 Federal Communications Commission order that mobile telephones be locatable.
- Signal triangulation vs. GPS. Verizon Wireless, Sprint and Nextel use GPS.
- Enhanced 911 (or E911) provides the address of a call originating from a landline (vs. cellphone). Pop-up maps provide immediate directions.
- Emergency Medical Dispatchers provide software guided medical advice to the person already on scene.
