SMS Emergency Alerts used for the first time
The national Emergency Alert text messaging service, which warns the public of disasters in their area, has been used for the first time in South Australia.
The national Emergency Alert text messaging service, which warns the public of disasters in their area, has been used for the first time in South Australia.
The Federal Government is to upgrade the Emergency Alert warning system, pushing the service, which delivers SMS notifications about natural disasters out to mobile handsets, to all Australian mobile networks.