TechHive: U.K. considers location-based mobile alerts for emergencies

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U.K. considers location-based mobile alerts for emergencies Sep 22nd 2013, 13:30 The British government has announced plans to test location-based mobile alerts that could be used to inform the public of imminent emergencies. It is working with EE, O2, and Vodafone on three pilots that aim to gauge the public's reaction to being informed of incidents via a mobile message. The U.K.'s Strategic Defence and Security Review in 2010 set out the government's commitment to "evaluate options for an improved public alert system." The Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) have since been working to understand where the current gaps in the UK's alerting capability are and how they can be addressed in order to fulfill this commitment. "The government and three mobile phone companies, O2, Vodafone and EE, will conduct separate tests later this year to look at a how different technologies work and how the public react when they receive an emergency alert to their phone," said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: smartphones-world-100027599-small.jpg

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