Abstract: A wireless communications system includes a mobile station and a wireless network, where the system enables the transmission of emergency position information from the mobile station to the wireless network. The mobile station includes circuitry, such as a suitably programmed data processor and a transmitter, for initiating the origination of an emergency call and for determining position information that is descriptive of a current position of the mobile station. The mobile station further includes circuitry for transmitting, as a part of the emergency call procedure, the determined position information to the wireless network using any available type of channel. The wireless network includes circuitry, such as a suitably programmed data processor and a receiver, for recognizing a receipt of the determined position information from different types of channels. The determined position information can be transmitted using a Digital Control Channel or an Analog Control or Voice Channel.