STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER JONATHAN S. ADELSTEIN
Re:  The Commercial Mobile Alert System, First Report and Order, 
PS Docket No. 07-287
The prompt and accurate delivery of national, state and local messages to ensure 
the safety and security of the American people during natural or man-made disasters is 
critical.  Today’s Report and Order marks our efforts towards ensuring that there are 
technologically neutral rules in place to enable commercial mobile service providers to 
elect to provide these critical alerts to their customers.  With over 250 million subscribers 
of wireless services as of the end of this year, the ability of carriers to transmit emergency 
alerts to the public via commercial mobile devices is an urgently needed next step.
One of the central purposes for the very creation of the FCC is to promote the 
safety of life and property of all Americans.   The Commission has taken its important 
role in prescribing these rules very seriously, so I am pleased to support this decision.  
This significant step forward is due, in large part, to the dedication of state and local 
governments, industry and other participants that worked collaboratively to provide us 
with their recommendations. It is worth remembering that, as an elective system, it was 
vital that the rules implementing the Commercial Mobile Alert System were based upon 
the coordinated efforts of those that will implement and utilize this system.  
Collaboration, communication and cooperation have been key to this process.  The 
effectiveness of this emergency alert system rests on the good-faith of all participating 
entities and I expect this will go a long way in ensuring mobile service providers elect to 
provide these emergency alerts.  
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the members of the Commercial 
Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee who worked diligently through this important 
process.