VERIZON WARNS FCC THAT WIRELESS EAS WON扵 BE AN OVERNIGHT TASK

摘要

Verizon Wireless told the FCC 搕he shortest feasible time frame?for wireless carriers to build into their systems a mechanism for mass broadcast of Emergency Alert System (EAS) warnings is 2 years after standards, protocols and other specifications for broadcast alerts are determined. Development of network infrastructure and the development and testing of handsets will take 18-24 months, Verizon Wireless estimated. Installation of alert-capable equipment and software in the network for each switch will take 3-6 months, end-to-end testing 6 months and employee training 6 months, it said. Many questions remain unanswered, the carrier added, including which protocol will be used, who will send alerts to carriers to transmit and the extent to which carriers must geographically target messages to subscribers.