# Presentation: 699995

## 
Mid-America Regulatory
Conference

June 9, 2003

Kenneth Moran
FCC-OET Director
 Defense and Security

kmoran@fcc.gov
202 418-0802

**Mid-America Regulatory**
**Conference**
**June 9, 2003**
- Kenneth Moran
- FCC-OET Director
-  Defense and Security
- _[kmoran@fcc.gov](mailto:kmoran@fcc.gov)_
- 202 418-0802

***TSP***

***WPS***

***GETS***

##   Three Federal Emergency Telecom Programs

	-Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP)
	-Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)
	-Wireless Priority Service (WPS)

	Executive Orders – Office of the President
	Orders & Rules – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
	Administrator – National Communications System (NCS)	

- 	-Telecommunications Service Priority (**TSP**)
- 	-Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (**GETS**)
- 	-Wireless Priority Service (**WPS**)
- 	Executive Orders – Office of the President
- 	Orders & Rules – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- 	Administrator – National Communications System (NCS)

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## 
Any entity engaged in activities essential for the security and safety of American citizens that relies on telecommunications services.
Federal, state, and local government and private industry
Non-federal participants must have a federal sponsor

- Any entity engaged in activities essential for the security and safety of American citizens that relies on telecommunications services.
- Federal, state, and local government and private industry
- Non-federal participants must have a federal sponsor

**Who Qualifies**

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## TSP

- Objective: to ensure priority restoration of communications lines most critical to the security and safety of American citizens
- Protection during disasters: floods, forest fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks
- Provides guaranteed priority restoration of telecom services when service providers’ resources are overextended

## User identifies most essential lines
User contacts administrator (NCS) and requests TSP-designations
User requests TSP service from carrier
Carrier updates its TSP database

When outage occurs, TSP lines are first to be restored

- User contacts administrator (NCS) and requests TSP-designations
- User requests TSP service from carrier
- Carrier updates its TSP database
- When outage occurs, TSP lines are first to be restored

**How TSP Works**

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## No NCS charge for TSP designations
Carriers charge for TSP
TSP charges vary by carrier and location
Cost structure
Per line
One time charge
Monthly charge

- Carriers charge for TSP
- TSP charges vary by carrier and location
- Cost structure
- Per line
- One time charge
- Monthly charge

**TSP Costs**

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**Notes:**
Carriers incur substantial costs in establishing internal operational processes to ensure that new emergency services are installed as needed around the clock; and that outages of TSP services are immediately identified and given the highest priority for restoration.

TSP charges vary by carrier and by geographic location.

Typically it costs a few hundred dollars to initiate TSP service and a few dollars a month to participate in the restoration program.  The monthly recurring charges are often as little as charges for vertical services such as call waiting or voice messaging.

## GETS

- Objective: to ensure emergency calls are completed when network is congested
- Network congestion common during disasters
- Substantially improves completion rates of emergency calls

## How GETS Works

- User identifies key personnel
- User requests GETS cards from NCS
- User distributes cards to key emergency personnel
- Cards contain special dialing instructions and PINs

## GETS authority is vested in the individual, not the phone number, through use of a calling card      

**BOB RILEY****	**

**GOVERNOR**

***GETS authority is vested in the individual, not the phone number,****** ******through use of a calling card******      ***

**GETS priority is invoked**
**“****call-by-call”**

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## GETS Costs

- No Initiation fee
- No charge for GETS cards
- 15c per minute usage charge

***GETS***

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## WPS

- Objective: to ensure emergency wireless calls are completed when networks are congested
- Wireless equivalent of GETS
- Allows emergency calls to queue, awaiting available radio channel

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## How WPS Works

- User subscribes to commercial wireless service
- User requests WPS approval from NCS
- Wireless service provider activates WPS feature for individual cell phone
- Special per-call dialing instructions

## ALL YOU DO: When you need to make an NS/EP call and you encounter congestion, retry your number prefixed with *272.  (Including 710-NCS-GETS)

***272**
**Destination#**

***Dial * 272 ***
***+      destination number***
*** ******+ ***
***send***

_***ALL YOU DO***_***: When you need to make an NS/EP call and you encounter congestion, retry your number prefixed with *272.  (Including 710-NCS-GETS)***

_***The Rest is Automatic: ***_***Your call will queue for the next available traffic channel***

***WPS***

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## WPS Costs

- No NCS charges
- Wireless carrier charges
- $10 initiation fee per cell phone
- $4.50 per month per cell phone
- $0.75 per minute usage charge

## TSP (Sponsorship)
FCC TSP  Program Director 202.418.2426
Email: tspinfo@fcc.gov
TSP (Applications)
NCS TSP Program Manager 703.607.4933
http://tsp.ncs.gov
GETS	 
NCS GETS Program Director 703.607.6160
http://gets.ncs.gov
WPS
NCS WPS Program Director 703.607.6160
http://wps.ncs.gov

- FCC TSP  Program Director 202.418.2426
- Email: tspinfo@fcc.gov
**TSP (Applications)**
- NCS TSP Program Manager 703.607.4933
- http://tsp.ncs.gov
**GETS**
- NCS GETS Program Director 703.607.6160
- http://gets.ncs.gov
**WPS**
- NCS WPS Program Director 703.607.6160
- http://wps.ncs.gov

**Contacts**

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