[EAS] Need new excuses for multilingual support with global supply chain

[Sean Donelan]

I understand the regulatory dance that U.S. companies perform.

Dear regulator, we don't need rules or deadlines. Multiple languages are 
too complicated, too expensive, don't have standards, etc. etc. etc.

That might work in a single market like the U.S.  But almost all
telecommunications and broadcast equipment are developed by global groups.
Regulators outside the U.S. don't feel the same restraint about 
regulating products which fail to support non-english languages in those 
countries.

The cell phone industry supply chain is fully global. The cellular global 
standards work is being driving by countries whose primary language is 
not english, and the standards for the last several decades reflect that. 
The first version ATIS WEA standards included codes for multi-lingual 
messages, although U.S. carriers avoided anything not explicitly required 
by the FCC. Other countries weren't shy with their regulations, which 
means the same products sold in the U.S. from global suppliers also 
support those requirements.

As a practical matter, its a bit ridiculous to listen to industry 
representatives say the products they sell aren't multi-lingual capable, 
when their supply chain is global.