Q&A
OTI's involvement in conversations with carriers and implementation of multimedia support
0:31:28
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez inquires about OTI's involvement in conversations with carriers regarding multimedia support for NG911. Robert Barbera explains OTI's role and the current status of multimedia support implementation.
- OTI is involved in conversations with all carriers and tracks their progress
- The agency is technologically ready to receive multimedia, but it's not currently supported operationally
- OTI previously received multimedia from Sprint before its merger with T-Mobile
- The service was disabled by the carrier after the merger
- NYPD would need to comment on operational support for multimedia messaging
- OTI provides systems, infrastructure, and operational support for the infrastructure, while NYPD and FDNY support call-taking and dispatch
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:31:28
Is is OTI involved in the conversation with the carriers at all?
0:31:31
Or is it just PD?
Robert Barbera
0:31:32
No.
0:31:33
OTI is in the conversation with all of the carriers tracking progress.
0:31:38
And, you know, obviously, with next generation 911, it will change how we communicate with carriers.
0:31:46
So additional services will become available in the future, as well as in phase 2, we would look to enhance our multimedia support
Nicole Plumbers
0:31:55
Mhmm.
Robert Barbera
0:31:56
As well as part of the enhancements that we're gonna make broadly across the system.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:32:01
I understand.
0:32:01
So, the reason I asked if OTI was involved just because if if OTI is involved, then I was hoping for some kind of an answer, on why.
0:32:10
Because my understanding is that, the agency has been ready since the the launch to receive multimedia.
0:32:17
Is that correct?
Robert Barbera
0:32:18
Correct.
0:32:18
And we were receiving multimedia from Sprint prior to its merger with T Mobile.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:32:25
Yes.
Robert Barbera
0:32:25
And then the service was, disabled by
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:32:30
By the carrier or by?
0:32:31
By the
Robert Barbera
0:32:31
carrier at that time.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:32:33
So because and I'm asking because we've we've had conversations.
0:32:36
Obviously, I'm invested in this and so I've had conversations with individual carriers, and just trying to figure out where the the bottleneck is.
0:32:46
And so if you're saying that OTI is involved and you're ready, it sounds like it p PD specifically is the agency that has got the specific issue, with the service being available.
Robert Barbera
0:32:59
From an operational support perspective, that would have to be commented on by NYPD.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
0:33:06
Is there a role that the OTI plays in operational support, moving forward, with this capability?
Robert Barbera
0:33:13
From a coal taker and dispatcher perspective, that's supported by NYPD and FDNY.
0:33:18
The systems and infrastructure and operational support of the infrastructure is provided by OTI.
Nicole Plumbers
0:33:25
K.
