CTIA, T-Mobile Raise Wireless Alert Concerns
The FCC shouldn’t rush a requirement that carriers be able to include multimedia in wireless emergency alerts, CTIA and T-Mobile said in replies on a Public Safety Bureau record refresh (see 1805290059 and 1805300010). “The record suggests that alert originators…
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are not consistently or widely using embedded references to expand the capabilities of WEA to support multimedia content within the intended design and purpose of WEA,” CTIA said in docket 15-91. “The record demonstrates the significant technical and operational challenges of directly supporting multimedia content within WEA messages that would require fundamentally restructuring the WEA system.” Though other WEA features “may ultimately prove beneficial and viable, further study is required to evaluate the impact of such changes to the existing WEA infrastructure and ensure that good intentions do not jeopardize the stability of this valuable alerting tool,” T-Mobile said.