06/09/2026
Good information to share to all 9-1-1 centers across the nation. With games across the nation you never know where your callers might be from. ⚽️
FIFA World Cup 2026 is coming to America! ⚽
In anticipation of an influx of international travelers to the U.S. for this summer's 2026 FIFA World Cup Games and the upcoming 2028 Olympics, NENA has worked closely with CTIA and the three major wireless carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to secure an interim solution that will allow telecommunicators to receive the full international telephone number when a 9‑1‑1 call is placed from an international device.
🔗 DOWNLOAD NENA’S NEW GUIDANCE TO 9-1-1 PROFESSIONALS ON INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS CALLS TO 9-1-1:https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nena.org/resource/resmgr/images/nena_international_calling_f.pdf
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT THE TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Most international emergency calls are being delivered to 9-1-1 as NSI today. NSI calls do not provide the callback telephone number.
To address this, NENA collaborated with CTIA, which helped bring the three major nationwide carriers together to agree on using the Customer Name (NAM) field to display the full E.164 international telephone number. This will appear in your call handling software under the Customer Name/NAM field as “CBN +number” including the country code of the caller. Typically, for domestic wireless 9-1-1 calls, the wireless carrier’s name appears in that field. This is an interim solution until PSAPs deploy Phase 2 NG9‑1‑1.
The carriers—AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon—have invested significant effort over the last six months to implement this change and address this critical public safety issue.
Now, may the best team(s) win! ⚽
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