Government Emergency Telecommunications Service GETS and Wireless Priority

Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) Satellite and International Calls Rev. 8/4/11

Satellite Phones Need GETS No problems Current satellite networks do not offer priority calling 2

Satellite Phones Need GETS No problems Current satellite networks do not offer priority calling 3

Satellite Phones Need GETS No problems CONGESTION Current satellite networks do not offer priority calling 4

Satellite Phones Need GETS Use GETS • You are not likely to encounter congestion in the satellite network • GETS will help if there is congestion in the terrestrial network No problems CONGESTION Current satellite networks do not offer priority calling 5

International Calls and GETS n International calling privileges allow you to make calls to or from international locations n n n International = outside US, US territories, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean You must request international calling privileges in order to receive them It does NOT give priority treatment for the call when it is outside the international gateway By using international calling access methods, you can make a GETS call from another country to the US International rates apply for all international GETS calls, no matter where you are calling from or to 6

International Calls - GETS 7

International Calls - GETS Priority Treatment 8

International Calls - GETS Priority Treatment No Priority Treatment 9

International Calls - WPS n Similar to GETS, but not exactly the same 10

International Calls - WPS n Similar to GETS, but not exactly the same Priority Treatment 11

International Calls - WPS n Similar to GETS, but not exactly the same Priority Treatment No Priority Treatment 12

International Calls - WPS n Similar to GETS, but not exactly the same 13

International Calls - WPS You can only make WPS calls from inside the US 14

Summary n n Use your GETS card with satellite phones to receive priority treatment when your call reaches terrestrial networks GETS will allow calls to and from international locations, though they will only receive priority treatment within the US networks WPS will only allow calls to be made from within the US (and Canada, under some circumstances), though they can be domestic or international calls Contact information n Phone: 866 -NCS-CALL (627 -2255) Email: gwids@saic. com Web: http: //gets. ncs. gov, http: //wps. ncs. gov 15