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An example of a Wireless Emergency Alert on an Android smartphone, indicating a Tornado Warning in the covered area. Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) and, prior to that, as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN), [1] is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alerts to cell phones using Cell ...
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Cellphone manufacturers may program the phone to enable GPS function automatically (in case it has been turned off) when the user places an emergency call. [10] For wireless calls, the ANI (or "pseudo-ANI") is a unique number assigned to each individual 911 call, assigned at a mobile switching center. [6]
Consumer Cellular offers low-cost, [22] no-contract monthly cellphone plans with simple cutoff points to offer flexibility. [23] Its cellphone selections include basic flip phones from Doro (of which the provider is the exclusive U.S. carrier) aimed toward seniors [24] as well as budget and premium Android smartphones from Motorola and Samsung.
Consumer Cellular is cheaper; it’s a great plan if you prefer calls and texts, with a little bit of internet surfing and email use. It offers great discounts for seniors and works with just ...
Editor's Note November 2024: We are in the process of re-testing smartphones for seniors. Once we complete our testing, this article will be updated with new picks and information.
Advanced Mobile Location (AML) is a free-of-charge emergency location-based service (LBS) available on smartphones that, when a caller dials the local (in country) short dial emergency telephone number, sends the best available geolocation of the caller to a dedicated end-point, usually a Public Safety Answering Point, making the location of the caller available to emergency call takers in ...
The Nationwide Wireless Priority Service (WPS) is a system in the United States that allows high-priority emergency telephone calls to avoid congestion on wireless telephone networks. This complements the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS), which allows such calls to avoid congestion on landline networks.