MeteoStar Blog

Englewood, CO, 5 Jan 2009: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just completed the review of IPSM's application to become a Qualified Internet Communications Provider (QICP). IPSM is now listed as a certified QICP on the FAA website. The QICP certification process was established by the FAA to allow weather vendors the ability to provide meteorological data via the public Internet. Established standards must be met in order for a weather vendor to receive QICP approval. Three standards must be met in order to receive QICP approval and status: network infrastructure reliability, accessissibility, and security. The FAA grants QICP approval based on system integrity and transmission of data (e.g. accuracy, timeliness) only, not the quality of a vendor's weather content and/or data.