Nortel Networks will add Emergency Alert Systems capabilities to its IPTV platform via an agreement with Trilithic .

Under the deal, Nortel will use Trilithic's E.A.S. platform to provide FCC-mandated national level alerts, as well as National Weather Service interruptions and Amber Alerts.

Trilithic's IPTV-optimized gear delivers alert message text and digitized audio on the IP network to a middleware server, or to a companion encoder/decoder in the super headend or video hub office for distribution to an entire region or market.