Wireless Alerts Not Suitable for Earthquake Warnings, ATIS Says
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions weighed in strongly against requiring wireless carriers to transmit wireless emergency alerts as part of an early warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis. The wireless industry in general argued that WEAs couldn’t be used…
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for warnings when the FCC sought comment (see 1605100054). ATIS reported on a call between members of its Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee and Public Safety and International bureau staff. “It is unaware of any earthquake or tsunami alerts over WEA and ... there are no standards defined to support this approach,” ATIS said in a filing in docket 16-32. “WEA should not be used to transmit earthquake or tsunami alerts.”