and we will have jodie griffin, senior staff attorney, public knowledge and then we will have called it audible, the chair of the board and president of the national association of regulatory utility commissioners and she's also chairman of the state of arkansas state public service commission and introduce, and ms. gigi smith, president of apco international. so mr. schulzrinne, let me recognize you for your presentation. thank you. >> thank you. chairman pryor, ranking member wicker, and members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to invite some technical context regarding the technology transitions that you refer to in the particulars public safety. i am the chief technology officer for the fcc. as the cbo i am pleased to discuss the technical foundation for today's topic that will respect for declined comment on any policy related matters. the transition based on internet protocols, short ip, offers opportunity to improve emergency can indications unprecedented since the conversion from analog to digital systems in the 1970s and 1980s. how

then we'll have jody griffin, senior staff attorney, public knowledge. then we'll have cola honorable, she's the chair of the board and president of the national association of regulatory utility commissioners. she's also the chairman of the state of arkansas's state public service commission. and introduce -- and miss gigi smith, president of apco international. mr. schultzrinne, let me recognize you for your presentation. thank you. >> thank you. chairman pryor, members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to invite some technical context regarding the technology transitions that you referred to and in particular public safety. my name is henning schultzrinne. as cpo i'm pleased to discuss the technical foundation for today's topic but will respectfully decline comment on any policy matters. i.p. protocols offers opportunity to improve emergency communications unprecedented from the conversion of an log to digital in the 1970s and 1980s, however, these very same changes also pose new challenges to performance, re

schulzrinne will be our first witness, and then we will banks, then jodie griffin, and then colette honorable, who is the chairman of the state of arkansas's state public service commission. and introduce -- and ms. gigi smith. let me recognize you for your presentation. thank you. >> thank you. members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to invite some technical contexts are guarding the transitions you are referring to. i am the chief technology officer for the federal communication commission. i am pleased to discuss the technical foundation for today's topic, but will decline comment on policy. the transition to communication networks based on internet protocols offers opportunity to improve emergency communications unprecedented since the conversion from analog to digital systems in the 1970's and 1980's. these very same changes also pose new challenges to performance, reliability, and sustainability of emergency communications systems. allou hinted, about 70% of 911 calls originate on a mobile phone today. millionhe 79 residential landline connec