Mobile Emergency Alert System
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mobile-emergency-alert-system-315-8309455
title:
Mobile Emergency Alert System
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The Mobile Emergency Alert System (M-EAS) is an information distribution system that utilizes existing digital television spectrum and towers to provide information in emergency situations using rich media. The system can push text, web pages, and video to compatible equipment, such as mobile DTV devices. M-EAS is different than existing 90-character Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) available to cellphones, as it allows video, audio, photos and graphics, too. Proponents of the technology point to
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Emergency information distribution system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Emergency_Alert_System
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2023-05-31T17:41:12Z
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