Bangkok, NBTC joins hands with AIS to move forward with building an emergency warning system via mobile phone using the Cell Broadcast Service or CBS system, specific to areas where emergencies occur in a timely manner, it is expected. Within 3 months, progress will be seen and it will be announced for use by 2024. After the shootings in Siam Paragon and Nakhon Ratchasima In the past This raises the question of whether it is time for Thailand to have a warning system like many countries around the world. Especially alarms via mobile phones or Cell Broadcast Service. Recently today, Clinical Professor Dr. Saran Boonbaichaiphruek, Chairman of the NBTC, joined with AIS to launch the successful development of a mobile warning system that AIS has. More than 44 million, 600,000 numbers are being used by customers. Cell Broadcast Service is a method of sending messages to many mobile phones in the service area at the same time. Supports standards from 2G to 5G and CDMA. One message sent can reach millions of mobi le phones within seconds. This message can come via radio waves without knowing the mobile phone number. A weak signal can still be sent, as long as you don't turn off your phone, that's enough. The message will be sent with sound or vibration depending on the settings of the phone. This system is suitable for emergency notification because the message can be sent to all mobile phones within the coverage area. base stations in that area at the same time in order to be aware of the situation in a timely manner. NBTC has tested the technology with AIS and it appears that it has achieved the desired results and is ready to expand the results to link with the warning system. Thailand's next emergency The emergency warning system is specific to those areas. It will take shape in the next 3 months and will be announced later this year. The launch of this technology is considered progress for Thailand because the GSMA, a global organization, wants every country around the world to have this system by 2027. It is e xpected that the major mobile operators that The rest are ready to launch to support this technology as well Source: Thai News Agency
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