other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2017-12-04 · Effective 2017-12-04 · 82 FR 57158
Document
Document number
2017-25673
Federal Register citation
82 FR 57158
CFR reference
47 CFR 10
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2017-12-04
Effective date
2017-12-04
FCC docket
PS Docket No. 15-91
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) grants the petition filed by CTIA for reconsideration the Commission's recent decision to revise its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) rules and grants in part and denies in part the Competitive Carrier Association's (CCA) request for a waiver or extension of time. Specifically, the Commission extends the timeframe for compliance with the requirement in the WEA Report and Order that Participating CMS Providers provide "clickable" embedded references in WEA messages from 12 months to 30 months except for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and U.S. Cellular. This document also clarifies that the requirement for "clickable" embedded references encompass phone numbers and other types of embedded references, and that our embedded reference requirement applies to new devices as well as existing devices capable of supporting this feature through a software upgrade. Finally, this document denies CCA's request for a waiver or an extension of time for compliance with the geo-targeting requirements.