02/27

FCC officially changes CMAS name to Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Now the FCC has officially changed the name of the initiative from CMAS to WEA in an effort to reduce confusion and “to more accurately reflect common parlance.”...

02/06

AMBER alerts go statewide, CMAS education needed

Now that the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) program–known to many as the Commercial Mobile Alert Service, or CMAS—is fully operational, it's clear that more must be done to educate the public about these potentially life–saving CMAS alerts...

12/12

MMS continues to thrive

SMS turned 20 this month, a fact that anyone in the wireless industry would have been hard pressed to miss given the multitude of recent articles highlighting this milestone...

11/07

CMAS Alerts Widely Used During Sandy

In the days since Hurricane Sandy struck, we’ve learned that Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) messages—also known as Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)—were widely utilized in an effort to warn those in the storm’s path...

12/21

iPhone adds support for CMAS alerts

If you’re an Apple user, you may know that the latest mobile operating system, iOS 6, is now available for Apple products...

06/22

Protect children with MPAC

Families have become increasingly reliant on mobile phones to communicate with on–the–go teens. But along with the convenience of this technology comes new challenges, like cyberbullying and sexting...

05/16

First CMAS Required Monthly Test Today

Today at 1 p.m. EDT, FEMA will generate the first required monthly test message for the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), also known as Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)...

03/21

CMAS notification deadline announced

You’re probably aware that CMAS is ready to go live next month. What you may not know is that operators choosing not to participate in this potentially life-saving emergency alert initiative must provide notice to their subscribers no later than May 15, 2012, according to a recent announcement by the FCC...

03/16

FEMA is ready to launch CMAS...are you?

Now that the initial CMAS rollout is upon us—FEMA is set to go live in April—you may be wondering what your options are if you haven’t yet committed to a CMAS vendor. The message is this: it’s not too late to get on board...

03/01

Smartphones abound, pricing is key to MMS growth

It's no secret that smartphone adoption has skyrocketed, resulting in devices with high quality cameras in the hands of the masses. At the same time, social networks have taken off, and interoperability issues between operator networks have been resolved...