The Federal Communications Commission is moving to set up a system that would send text alerts to people’s mobile phones in case of natural disasters and other emergencies. With an order released ...

Northrop Grumman Corp. is teaming up with Global Security Systems Corp. to fulfill the requirements of a federal alert and public warning system that communicates with cell phones, computers, global ...

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate, top executives from AT&T, Sprint, ...

Consumers with PLAN-enabled mobile phones would receive the alerts automatically in the targeted geographic area. The 90-character PLAN alerts are different from Short Message Service text messages ...

The Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) is scheduled to go into effect starting in 2012 and will enable consumers to receive emergency alerts through their wireless phones. CMAS uses broadcast ...

The CTA told the FCC last week that it believes the EAS is highly effective and, if expanded, could create more problems than ...

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FCC advances plans for national system to transmit text alerts to people on their mobile phones in case of natural disasters and other emergencies The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has moved ...