Old-model cellular phones lined up on a table.

Do Mobile Phones and Other 4G Devices Contain an ‘E911 Chip’?

Testing for a new cellular phone alert system (the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, also known as IPAWS) began on October 3rd, 2018, with a tone and a message sent across mobile networks. The grumbling began almost immediately, as startled or irritated Americans reacted to the unsolicited (but anticipated) test, but the griping turned …

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