ClearCaptions Says iPhone App Accurately IDs Location for Emergency Calls

ClearCaptions offers an application using geolocation technology available within an iPhone to “accurately identify a user’s geographic location for the purpose of quickly routing an emergency call,” becoming the first IP captioned telephone service to do so, it told the FCC Monday in a notice of substantive change in docket 03-123. The app includes Bluetooth connectivity and “improved location tracking for 911 support,” it said.