The FCC, in the words of soon-to-depart Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, has taken “a major step forward” in expanding multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts in response to public feedback.

SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa — The Scott County Emergency Management Agency is testing its Wireless Emergency Alert system for cell phones on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 1 p.m. Only cell phones that have opted in ...

has leveraged Semtech’s LoRa technology and LoRaWAN for its battery powered wireless emergency alert system deployed in 10,000 public housing flats for seniors in Singapore since 2019.

While emergency alerts often resemble text messages, they actually stem from a unique partnership of government offices and agencies with wireless providers and private companies. L.A. County uses ...

"There is an extreme amount of frustration, anger, fear, with regards to the erroneous messages that have been being sent out through the wireless emergency alert system across LA County," McGowan ...

"All LA County residents just received a wireless emergency alert about evacuations from the county. There are NO updated evacuations in Santa Monica. EVACUATIONS IN SANTA MONICA ARE UNCHANGED ...

Only cell phones opted into the Wireless Emergency Alert system will receive the test this Saturday, Jan. 4, at 1 p.m. World's oldest woman who credited long life to two simple things dies aged ...

These days, emergency alerts can reach you in so many ways–WEA (Wireless Emergency Alerts) come to your cell phone, EAS (Emergency Alert System) on TV and Radio, NOAA weather radio alerts ...

The government is set to test the emergency alert system on UK mobile phones this year. (Stock image: Getty) ...

There are many ways to tune-in to emergency alerts affecting your area. These include Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on your phone, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on television and radio ...

For wireless emergency alerts, a local agency sends an urgent message to the IPAWS network. The system then relays that message to wireless carriers, which send the emergency warning to specific ...