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Consensus on cell broadcast service requirements for alerts over ...

Consensus on cell broadcast service requirements for alerts over the public land mobile telecommunications system is needed before examining numbering and other issues, the U.S. State Department said in a document submitted for an ITU-T study group meeting next…

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week. Another open question is whether the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau should apply for “a block(s) of numbers from GSMA/3GPP and, if approved, how those numbers should be assigned and administered,” the document stated. The U.S. included a proposed recommendation for “a set of capabilities to be provided when broadcasting alerts to subscribers of commercial mobile services.” Initial capabilities in the proposal include alert and advisory messages, treatment of mandatory national civic messages, international closed user groups and languages, the proposal said.