Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

MCC

Definition:

Mobile Country Code.

ECC

1. Emergency Communications Center. ECC has become a relatively new term for public safety dispatch centers. These centers answer 9-1-1 calls or...

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Source Systems

A telephone company’s customer records database that contains all telephone subscriber records.

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FCC

Federal Communications Commission. An agency empowered to regulate all interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire,...

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Cell Sector or Cell Face

An area consisting of a certain portion or all of the total coverage area of a cell site. One face of a cell antenna, typically three‐sided, that...

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