EU-Alert
Sign in to savethumb|Test of the Spanish EU-Alert variant (ES-Alert) in Barcelona in 2023, on an iOS device. EU-Alert is a Public Warning System designed to disseminate emergency alerts to mobile phones based on Cell Broadcast technology, as defined by ETSI standards. National authorities are able to disseminate emergency alerts and warning messages through the system. EU-Alert is a standard designed for interoperability and national implementation may vary. The standards are based on NL-Alert from the Netherlands, which first became operational in 2012.
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- EU-Alert standard
- Implementation by member states
- EU Legislation
- Alternative solutions
- Downloadable Mobile Applications
- Location based SMS (LB-SMS)
- Disadvantages
- See also
- References
- Sources
thumb|Test of the Spanish EU-Alert variant (ES-Alert) in Barcelona in 2023, on an iOS device. EU-Alert is a Public Warning System designed to disseminate emergency alerts to mobile phones based on Cell Broadcast technology, as defined by ETSI standards. National authorities are able to disseminate emergency alerts and warning messages through the system. EU-Alert is a standard designed for interoperability and national implementation may vary. The standards are based on NL-Alert from the Netherlands, which first became operational in 2012.
== EU-Alert standard == The EU-Alert standard (TS 102 900 V1.3.1) as defined by ETSI is the European Public Warning Service using the Cell Broadcast Service as a means of delivering public warning messages to the general public. Cell Broadcast is not affected by traffic load; therefore, it is very suitable during a disaster when load spikes of data, SMS and voice calls usage (mass call events) tend to significantly congest mobile networks, as multiple events have shown.