Florida Ends Contract With Company That Sent Predawn Emergency Alert Test to Cellphones

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Florida ended its contract with a software company that erroneously sent an emergency alert test to cellphones at 4:45 a.m. Thursday, angering many sleeping residents

Florida officials ended the state’s contract with a software company that they say erroneously sent an emergency alert test to cellphones in the early hours of Thursday, angering many sleeping residents.

The alert was supposed to be a test run for television networks and wasn’t intended to “disturb anyone already sleeping,” the Florida Division of Emergency Management said.

 

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