WEA Concerns Remain, CTIA Tells FCC
Wireless carriers want to include embedded, “clickable” links in wireless emergency alerts but warned the FCC against mandates for that functionality without adequate feasibility testing. CTIA said it contacted aides for the three FCC commissioners on the topic. “CTIA continues…
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to urge the FCC and other governmental stakeholders to be mindful of the potential limitations of embedded reference functionality beyond the control of wireless carriers,” said a Friday filing in docket 15-91. “For example, last year, the National Hurricane Center website was not available for a period of time during Hurricane Matthew.” CTIA also emphasized that work remains on standards for alerts. “While the wireless industry worked diligently to complete the necessary standards work within a few months after adoption of the rule, implementation by handset manufacturers and operating system providers will be necessary before consumers will be able to ‘click’ on embedded references,” CTIA said.