• UK government can push alerts to mobile phones [telecom]

    From Bill Horne@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 19 01:04:32 2022
    By Nick Farrell

    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.

    https://fudzilla.com/news/55343-uk-government-can-push-alerts-to-mobile-phones

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