FCC Approves WEA Test at Los Angeles International Airport
The FCC Public Safety Bureau granted waiver for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to test the wireless emergency alert system at Los Angeles International Airport Jan. 15, with a backup date of Jan. 29, both at 10 a.m. PST. “In…
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light of the public safety incidents that have occurred at LAX, LAWA has demonstrated a real need to understand how alerts are transmitted and received by the transient and international populations LAX serves,” the bureau said Thursday in docket 15-91. “Such consumers would have had an insufficient opportunity to learn about and choose to receive State/Local WEA Tests -- a new WEA test message category that became available for use last month and that requires consumers to affirmatively opt in to receive test messages.”