TIA opposes any testing of a new system for emergency cellphone a...
TIA opposes any testing of a new system for emergency cellphone alerts that involves test messages sent to cellphone users, it said Thursday. That position is consistent with the group’s stance as a participant in the Commercial Mobile Service…
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Alert Advisory Committee that wrote rules for cellphone alerts, a TIA spokesman said Friday. “With FEMA’s willingness to serve as the Alert Aggregator/Gateway, the time is right for the FCC to create… testing rules prohibiting cellphone users from receiving test messages,” TIA President Grant Seiffert said. “Such testing could strain network resources and potentially alarm and confuse cellphone users.”