★ The wireless equivalent of the Government Emergency Telecommunications Services is referred to WPS.

★ WPS provides access based on the priority to wireless telephone service during emergencies

★ Certain governing bodies such as authorized federal, officials of state and local, and certain key private sector officials can be put first in line for an open cellular channel by dialing 272 just before entering the number being called

★ It is T-Mobile, which began offering an initial operating capability in New York and Washington and had it deployed later.