This blog post aims to demystify the implementation, operation and regulation of ESInets and NGCS by providing a clear and straightforward explanation of the architecture and components described in TS 103 479 so that public authorities, public safety answering points (PSAPs), electronic communications networks and service providers can readily identify their respective roles and responsibilities in enabling IP-based emergency communications at the national level.

Today, 5 March 2024, marks the deadline for EU Member States to report to the European Commission on criteria adopted at national level for the accuracy and reliability of caller location information for emergency communications from landlines and mobile phones. With the box now ticked on this reporting obligation, the focus shifts to the monitoring and enforcement of these crucial standards.

. Iker Legardon and Iñaki Gangoiti, police officers in the Basque Country, and John Rincón, a researcher involved in the EU-funded ENGAGE project from TECNUN- University of Navarra, spoke with Alexandra Olson, EENA’s EU Projects Officer, about the awareness campaigns that have been carried out as a part of a validation exercise of the project.