The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions and Teleco...
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions and Telecommunications Industry Association said they released a Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) specification. The standard defines the interface between CMAS and the federal alert gateway and the commercial mobile- service provider gateway.…
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It will offer anyone with CMAS- capable mobile devices an additional way to receive alerts during emergencies. It also means wider proliferation of 90- character text message emergency alerts and warnings of imminent threats to life and property, Amber Alerts and presidential emergency messages. The alliance and the association said they will work closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, which have adopted the spec. The CMAS is an effort by the federal government and service providers to define a common mobile-alert standard.