Consensus Is FCC Should Move With Caution on Revised Alerting Rules, CTIA Says
The record in the wireless emergency alerts proceeding “demonstrates a consensus that several of the Commission’s proposed rules pose technical and economic challenges that render implementation infeasible or premature,” CTIA replied, posted Monday in FCC docket 15-91. The association objected…
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in initial comments, too (see 1612090012). “While strongly supportive of efforts to enhance and improve the WEA system, commenters suggest that many of the Commission’s proposed rules either require additional study or could lead to unintended consequences that undermine the functioning of WEA,” CTIA said. Some commenters support proposed changes to the rules, such as requiring multimedia capabilities for alerts or mandating that earthquake alerts be transmitted in three seconds or less, the group said. “Missing from this general support, however, is any record evidence that these new functionalities are deployable by the existing WEA infrastructure or are economically achievable.”