FCC Proposes Public Wireless Emergency Alerts Performance Reporting

The Federal Communications Commission proposed to strengthen the effectiveness of Wireless Emergency Alerts, including through public reporting on the reliability, speed, and accuracy of these messages. The FCC seeks comment on:

• How the reliability, speed, and accuracy of Wireless Emergency Alerts should be defined and whether these are the most pertinent performance measures for the service;
• How participating wireless providers should measure the performance of Wireless Emergency Alerts for the purpose of generating performance reports;
• When and how these performance reports should be provided to the Commission; and
• Whether and how these performance reports should include information collected at the consumer’s device.