After the stint of natural ( and affected ) disasters around the globe this year , would n’t you care to be instantly alerted to any hand brake encounter near your home ? To avail with this , and make certain masses who may not be near a idiot box or radio could still get danger warnings , the Dutch government activity has decided to do a trial with mobile phone electronic messaging . Using what is call Cell Broadcast , GSM applied science will send out a cell phone message , allow people do it what ’s pop off on .
If something happen in the center of The Hague , for example , we can select communication points from telecommunication company and everyone who is within a few 100 meters can get the entropy .
This will be used in concurence with other emergency maneuver , like plain old enchantress and exceptional emergency brake broadcasts . mighty now , the tribulation is taking place in Zoetermeer and will soon go to Amsterdam and the south - Occident of Holland . Mobile operators KPN , Vodaphone and Telfort are all help with the trial .
Dutch trial SMS disaster alert system[CNN ]
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