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The UK’s national emergency alert system will go live in October, and will give the government the ability to send a text message to any mobile phone in area.
Emergency alert systems powered by cell broadcasting technology are common in many countries, including the USA, Netherlands, Canada, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand, and have helped save lives during natural disasters such as earthquakes.
The UK never had anything as high tech as that like that which meant that during the early phase of the Coronavirus pandemic, the government had to appoint a person to stand on street corners and shout very loudly. Actually, we made that up. It did a deal with the four major mobile operators to send text messages to their customers.
Plans for an alert system were put into motion last year, with trials held in Reading and Suffolk, and the government believes 85 per cent of the UK population will be able to receive a message if any apocolypse starts to take place.
Scenarios where messages would be issued include flooding, fires, extreme weather, public health emergencies, Brexit and terror attacks.
The UK’s national emergency alert system will go live in October, and will give the government the ability to send a text message to any mobile phone in area.
Emergency alert systems powered by cell broadcasting technology are common in many countries, including the USA, Netherlands, Canada, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand, and have helped save lives during natural disasters such as earthquakes.
The UK never had anything as high tech as that like that which meant that during the early phase of the Coronavirus pandemic, the government had to appoint a person to stand on street corners and shout very loudly. Actually, we made that up. It did a deal with the four major mobile operators to send text messages to their customers.
Plans for an alert system were put into motion last year, with trials held in Reading and Suffolk, and the government believes 85 per cent of the UK population will be able to receive a message if any apocolypse starts to take place.
Scenarios where messages would be issued include flooding, fires, extreme weather, public health emergencies, Brexit and terror attacks.
