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Wireless Emergency Alerts; Regarding the Emergency Alert System
The United States issued an addendum on 21 January 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/2120. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 14 May 2024. The comment period closed on 12 July 2024.
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Wireless emergency alert system; Alarm and warning systems; Radiocommunications; Mobile services
The comment period closed on 12 July 2024. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2120/Add.2; it can take them up with the United States.
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Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a non-substantive change to the information collection associated with Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) rules adopted in a Report and Order issued by the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Multilingual WEA Implementation Report and Order). These rules describe how commercial mobile service providers who participate in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) must implement multilingual templates for the most commonly issued and most time-sensitive types of alerts in English, the next thirteen most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL). Specifically, Participating CMS Providers shall support the pre-scripted templates published in 90 FR 57288 (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2120/Add.1; text accessible at for eighteen emergency events. For English and the thirteen written languages, Participating CMS Providers must support the inclusion of four fillable elements that customize the pre-scripted alert templates: the name of the sending agency, the location pertaining to the alert message, the time when the emergency conditions described in the alert are expected to end, and an optional URL. When an alert originator sends a non-English template message, Participating CMS Providers must display the corresponding pre-scripted alert message in English after the non-English message. Effective 12 June 2028. The…
Proposed rule - In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on specific mechanisms to implement multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), as directed by the Federal Communications Commission. The Bureau proposes to require commercial mobile service providers participating in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) to support a set of pre-translated WEA messages in English, the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL), that would be pre-installed and stored on mobile devices. These messages--called templates--would be displayed at the option of the alert originator. The Bureau also seeks comment on support for form-fillable templates that would include information specific to the particular emergency. Finally, the Bureau seeks comment on whether Participating CMS Providers' device offerings should support templates in additional languages.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/2120/Add.2
Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a non-substantive change to the information collection associated with Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) rules adopted in a Report and Order issued by the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Multilingual WEA Implementation Report and Order). These rules describe how commercial mobile service providers who participate in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) must implement multilingual templates for the most commonly issued and most time-sensitive types of alerts in English, the next thirteen most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL). Specifically, Participating CMS Providers shall support the pre-scripted templates published in 90 FR 57288 (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2120/Add.1; text accessible at for eighteen emergency events. For English and the thirteen written languages, Participating CMS Providers must support the inclusion of four fillable elements that customize the pre-scripted alert templates: the name of the sending agency, the location pertaining to the alert message, the time when the emergency conditions described in the alert are expected to end, and an optional URL. When an alert originator sends a non-English template message, Participating CMS Providers must display the corresponding pre-scripted alert message in English after the non-English message. Effective 12 June 2028. The…
CorrigendumG/TBT/N/USA/2120/Add.1/Corr.1
Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) published a document in the Federal Register on 10 December 2025 (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2120/Add.1), announcing the effective and compliance date for new rules related to multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The document contained an incorrect date. Effective 12 June 2028. 90 Federal Register (FR) 59071, 18 December 2025; Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 10: This final rule; correction is identified by PS Docket Nos. 15-91, 15-94 and DA 25-12 and provides access to associated documents. The full text of this final rule; announcement of effective date is available from the Commission's website at The Docket Folders are available from the FCC's Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) by searching the Docket Number. Comments ('filings') for this action are accessible in the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) at
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/2120/Add.1
Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Emergency Alert System
In this document, as directed by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) adopts implementation parameters for multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The Bureau is requiring commercial mobile service providers who participate in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) to support multilingual templates for the most commonly issued and most time-sensitive types of alerts in English, the next thirteen most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL). The non-ASL templates must be customizable with event- specific information that utilize four fillable elements: the name of the sending agency, the location, the time, and an optional URL. The alert templates for ASL are non-fillable and signed by a Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI). The Bureau requires WEA-capable mobile devices to accompany the display of templates with the corresponding English-language fillable template. The Bureau also announces the effective date of a previously announced amendment that was contingent on this action. Together, these steps further the Commission's goal of ensuring that WEA remains an essential and effective public safety tool that allows alert originators to warn their communities of danger and advise them to take protective action. The amendments to 47 CFR 10.480 (amendatory instruction 4) and 47 CFR 10.500(e) (amendatory instruction 6), published at 88 FR 86824 on 15 December 2023…
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/2120
Comment deadline: Closed on 12 July 2024
Wireless Emergency Alerts; Regarding the Emergency Alert System
Proposed rule - In this document, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on specific mechanisms to implement multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), as directed by the Federal Communications Commission. The Bureau proposes to require commercial mobile service providers participating in WEA (Participating CMS Providers) to support a set of pre-translated WEA messages in English, the 13 most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and American Sign Language (ASL), that would be pre-installed and stored on mobile devices. These messages--called templates--would be displayed at the option of the alert originator. The Bureau also seeks comment on support for form-fillable templates that would include information specific to the particular emergency. Finally, the Bureau seeks comment on whether Participating CMS Providers' device offerings should support templates in additional languages.
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