T-Mobile announced successful receipt and retransmission of emerg...
T-Mobile announced successful receipt and retransmission of emergency alert messages to select wireless phones, in a pilot study to improve the nation’s emergency alert system (EAS). The company said it and other service providers, including Cingular and Nextel, had…
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joined with the Dept. of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which manages the national EAS system, to work on the pilot. The pilot program, called the Digital Emergency Alert System, last week tested a series of messages in the National Capitol Region, T-Mobile said. It said the pilot was to demonstrate how the federal govt. can use the digital public TV network to deliver emergency alerts to wireless phones, handheld devices and personal computers, including via text messaging. Pilot project participants also include the Assn. of Public TV stations and PBS. “Once the tests are completed, participants will share their technical results with FEMA,” which will “use this information to determine how and whether to proceed with an upgrade of the national EAS system,” T-Mobile said.