CTIA called for a technical summit including wireless carriers, t...
CTIA called for a technical summit including wireless carriers, the FCC, FEMA, NOAA and the National Communications System to discuss such emergency alert system (EAS) issues as the type and format of EAS messages and the timeframe for delivery…
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of EAS. CTIA made the call in reply comments on an EAS docket. “If EAS is to be a seamless experience, these questions must be considered for each of the existing U.S. air interfaces, including CDMA, GSM, and iDEN, as each of those systems may have unique implementation issues with particular EAS requirements,” CTIA said. 3G Americas called for the creation of an advisory committee to resolve wireless industry EAS questions. “Mobile wireless technologies are fundamentally different than the broadcast technologies that now carry EAS notifications,” the group said. “These differences mean that many significant technical and policy issues must be resolved before mobile wireless networks can be effectively integrated into an expanded EAS.”