India has 1.4 billion people. Most of them carry a mobile phone. Recently, millions of those phones buzzed, screamed, and flashed an alert at the same time. That was not an accident. That siren had a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The state of Florida has completed the first end-to-end cell broadcast technology test following the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) standard in a public-private partnership ...

The NDMA has characterised the current halt as a precautionary measure. While technical and procedural reviews are underway across multiple government agencies to fix the broadcasting parameters, the ...

Did you receive an alert that suddenly buzzed on your phone? If yes, you were not alone. Across India millions of users got the same notification today — not due to a real emergency, but as part of a ...

There have been no reason given for the suspension but have suggested that technical and procedural reviews may be taking place after the system encountered glitch.