The FCC today adopted new rules for Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) that will require phones to support messages in the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the US as well as English and American ...

The FCC has voted to strengthen the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, which sends warnings about missing children, natural disasters and other dangerous events directly to citizens' cell phones ...

Previously limited to 90 characters, emergency alerts can now be 360 characters. Links that contain maps, photos, or phone numbers other than 911 can also be sent after the change to WEA policy.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) will be conducting a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, or EAS, on August 7.

FEMA and the FCC plan to test a pair of emergency notification systems -- the broadcast Emergency Alert System and the messaging system Wireless Emergency Alerts -- on Wednesday, Oct. 4.

Qualcomm Inc.QCOM recently appealed to the U.S. telecom regulator, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for Special Temporary Authority (STA) to conduct limited antenna pattern testing of ...