Currently, the government already issues disaster alerts through SMS. But unlike SMS alerts, which may be missed by many, the cell broadcast technology used on Saturday is unmissable.

Millions of users across India received a loud government test alert on phones as part of a new disaster warning system. Here is how it works, why some phones got it without a SIM card, and why others ...

National Disaster Management Authority, working with the Department of Telecommunications, is running nationwide trials of a new Cell Broadcast alert system that can push real-time emergency warnings ...

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office recently tested its emergency alert system by sending messages to 72,000 people. The ...

India has rolled out a nationwide test of its indigenous cell broadcast alert system under the SACHET platform, designed to deliver instant disaster warnings. The new technology bypasses SMS delays, ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — A new emergency management alert system could be making its way in Spokane County soon. This, after the original system was cyberattacked, left the county to find a new system ...

The new emergency broadcast system will even override mobile phone silent mode to alert users within seconds during serious ...

According to official data, more than 134 billion SMS alerts have been sent so far in over 19 Indian languages, making SACHET ...