<p>By Heather Kelly, CNNupdated 8:39 PM EST, Fri December 7, 2012 | Filed under: Mobile</p><p>STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe top four U.S. wireless carriers have agreed to support text-to-911 by 2014The announcement was made today by the FCCUntil the system is running, people will receive bounce-back messages</p><p>(CNN) -- Most 911 centers can't receive text messages. But that doesn't always stop people from texting the familiar number in an emergency, not knowing their pleas for help won't be seen.</p><p>A new initiative announced Friday will finally bring the 20-year-old SMS texting technology to emergency centers across the country in the coming years.</p><p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/07/tech/mobile/fcc-carriers-announce-text-to-911/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.geekosystem.com/fcc-text-911/">Lolz: FCC Sez W3 Can Text 911 by May 2014 =D</a> (Geekosystem)</p><p><a href="http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/12/07/emergency-text-messages-911">Emergency text messaging to expand</a> (HLNtv.com)</p><p><a href="http://investorplace.com/2012/12/text-to-911-coming-by-2014/">Text-to-911 Coming by 2014</a> (Investorplace.com)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dH7DRmnWnG7KgvMhvOdai9zl3mjEM&ned=us">364 additional articles.</a></p>