It could become a more regular part of our lives
More national tests of the Government's 'Armageddon' emergency alert system could be done on a regular basis, according to national reports. Millions of phones across the UK received the loud alerts earlier this year, which came through to phones alongside a message confirming it was a test.
“That was the main driving factor in the number falling below the 95% plus that we had hoped for.” The loud alarm was planned to ring at 3pm on all devices using 4G and 5G networks in the UK on April 23. Former Welsh Secretary David Jones got the alert in his North Wales constituency and received a second the next day when the train he was on crossed the border into England. He also blasted a spelling error in the original text, which Mr Hargreaves blamed on an auto-correct facility.
He said the trial could have gone ahead years earlier, but “no-one was willing to pay for it”. MPs heard some “successful” tests took place “in several areas” in 2013 - a decade before the UK-wide trial.
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