Wireless carriers that opt not to transmit Commercial Mobile Alert...
Wireless carriers that opt not to transmit Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) alerts must notify their customers by May 15 they won’t be taking part, the FCC Public Safety Bureau said Friday. The CMAS program is voluntary, though the major…
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carriers are expected to participate. Wireless carriers “electing not to participate, in part or in whole, in the CMAS throughout their service areas must provide clear and conspicuous notice to new subscribers of their non-election or partial election at the point of sale,” said a public notice (http://xrl.us/bmyfqo). “The point of sale includes stores, kiosks, third party reseller locations, web sites, and any other venue through which the ... provider markets and sells its devices and services.” Existing customers also must be notified. The CMAS program, years in the making, is to launch nationwide April 7. The Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act of 2006 mandated the launch of the warning network by May 15. Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile participated in a regional test of the system in New York City late last year.