The United States emergency response system may be coming to a mobile phone near you. The Federal Communications Commission took a big leap Wednesday in setting up the framework necessary to use the nation’s wireless carriers to transmit text message alerts, warnings and critical information to citizens via cell phones and other mobile devices during disasters or other emergencies, the FCC said. Under the Warning, Alert and Response Network Act, the FCC was tasked to come up with a solution.
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National Mobile Alert System Gets Legs, Head Still Missing
Posted by: Chris Maxcer April 10, 2008 11:26 AMThe United States emergency response system may be coming to a mobile phone near you. The Federal Communications Commission took a big leap Wednesday in setting up the framework necessary to use the nation’s wireless carriers to transmit text message alerts, warnings and critical information to citizens via cell phones and other mobile devices during disasters or other emergencies, the FCC said. Under the Warning, Alert and Response Network Act, the FCC was tasked to come up with a solution.