The Telecommunications Industry Association said Friday it will c...
The Telecommunications Industry Association said Friday it will challenge the FCC’s failure to let wireless carriers recover their costs for installing systems for sending emergency alerts to subscribers. TIA said it supports in general the FCC’s commercial mobile alert…
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system order, which the commissioners approved Wednesday. “TIA continues to believe that CMAS providers should be able to recoup CMAS development costs, and we will seek regulatory or legislative clarification that such costs can in fact be recovered for offering this valuable public service,” TIA said. The group reiterated arguments in a filing that testing of the service shouldn’t include sending test messages to subscribers. “These test messages would unnecessarily strain network resources and potentially alarm and confuse recipients,” TIA said in a February FCC filing. Chris Guttman-McCabe, CTIA vice president of regulatory affairs, said Friday the group is reviewing the order. “It is clear that any sensible emergency alerting solution must take into account both the massive investment in place today and the technological developments that propel the wireless industry in the future,” he said.