UPDATED 16:03 PM EST, December 7, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission says the nation's four largest wireless carriers have agreed to make emergency 911 texts available nationwide by May 2014.
Major rollouts of the texting system are expected next year.
The agency said Thursday that under the agreement with AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, more than 90 percent of U.S. cellphone users would be able to access emergency services by sending a text message to 911.
