It was three years ago that the FCC issued a series of orders that identified requirements for a Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), via which commercial mobile service providers would transmit emergency alerts to their subscribers’ wireless handsets. The development of CMAS was mandated by the 2006 Warning, Alert and Response Network (WARN) Act, which also required wireless operators to declare whether they voluntarily issue such alerts.
Yesterday Sprint Nextel announced that it is the first U.S. operator to offer wireless emergency alerts on its mobile network. Such alerts allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to accept and deliver warning messages to wireless networks from the president, the National Weather Service and state and local emergency operations centers.
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