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Sprint Nextel plans to become the first U.S. carrier to...

Sprint Nextel plans to become the first U.S. carrier to offer emergency alerts on its wireless network, the company announced. The system would allow FEMA to accept and deliver warning messages to wireless networks from the president of the United…

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States, the National Weather Service and state and local emergency operations centers. Sprint plans to hold the first test of its alerting technology in New York City later this year. “Providing immediate, reliable wireless communications before, during and following an emergency situation is trademark of Sprint’s service,” said Steve Elfman, Sprint president-network operations and wholesale.