Push message type – Disaster alarm on mobile phone: start in spring

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In addition to the siren alarm, an automatic message on the smartphone will soon warn of calamities. After a period of four weeks, the assessment for the “Public Warning System” regulation has now been completed. Now the telecom companies can enter the implementation phase. “Our goal is to be operational in the first quarter of 2023,” said State Secretary for Digitization Florian Tursky (ÖVP).

According to the Secretariat of State, the first statements show positive feedback. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior would rely, among other things, on the correct choice of procedure and technology in ‘Cell Broadcast’. This is a standalone messaging technology that is not based on SMS. The warning comes as a kind of push message on the mobile phone. The technology is to be used for disaster alerts in various events, such as massive storms, chemical accidents or terrorist attacks.

“In the meantime, almost 90 percent of all Austrians have a smartphone – our daily companion. It is clear that we receive warnings about this in everyday life. Especially the last few months have shown how important and necessary it is to inform people quickly and easily Tursky says.

The structure of the system, which includes the implementation of an EU directive, is very complex, with time-consuming coordination between the nine federal states, the ministries of the Interior and Finance, the regulatory body RTR and the three mobile phone operators A1, Magenta and three.

It is necessary to set up own infrastructure at the mobile phone operators and at the authorities that can trigger alerts. These will be the nine state warning centers and the Ministry of the Interior. Derived from EU-Alert, the system in Austria will be called AT-Alert.

The already existing comprehensive siren warning system will continue to exist even after the smartphone alarm has been started. You can also get alerts through the Katwarn app.

Source: Krone

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