The man became stranded during his trek from Noorvik to Kotzebue, and triggered his iPhone’s emergency satellite connection.With the release of the Apple iPhone 14 comes the release of one of the company’s newest features: Emergency SOS. Emergency SOS allows you to connect with emergency services via a satellite connection as opposed to cellular data or wifi, which are sparse in remote areas. The feature saved a man lost in the Alaskan Wilderness this week, but there’s still kinks to be worked out in Apple’s foray into expanded emergency alerts.
Learn about current efforts to continue to protect the 4.9 GHz Band for public safety as well as recent filings, key decisions impacting these efforts, and how you can support PSSA’s initiative to protect the 4.9 GHz band for public safety.
