Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today proposed to begin a rulemaking to establish 988 as a new, nationwide, three-digit phone number for a suicide prevention and mental health ...

The commission is giving all telecommunication carriers, including internet-based VoIP phone service providers, two years to implement the change. When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers ...

In a guest column, writer Beth Collums urges students and families to learn about the three-digit, nationwide phone number to connect directly to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Collums, who ...

AT&T is the first US carrier to launch location-based routing of 911 emergency calls to the appropriate call centers on a nationwide basis. Previously, 911 calls were routed to call centers based on ...