FCC Looking for Alert Originators to Participate in Wireless Emergency Alert Test
The FCC Public Safety Bureau sought alert originators willing to participate in a targeted test of the wireless emergency alert system “in late 2019 and/or early 2020.” The bureau “seeks to better understand WEA performance, particularly with respect to the…
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accuracy of … geographic targeting capabilities,” Tuesday's public notice said. Carriers face a Nov. 30 deadline for delivering alerts to the target area specified by the alert originator with no more than a one-tenth of a mile overshoot (see 1801300027). “Interested alert originators should submit an expression of interest in PS Docket Nos. 15-91 and 15-94 that identifies how they meet these criteria, as well as any additional information that may be relevant to our consideration of potential alerting partner(s),” the bureau said.