You will shortly receive a warning message on your mobile phone. We explain what it is and why it’s there.
Starting this Monday, October 24, your cell phone could emits a warning tonefollowed by a notification popping up on the screen indicating this an emergency occurs. It’s probably not very good news, but you should know that it’s over testand you should not worry too much about such an announcement.
Actually it is a an alert system the Spanish government has been working on for some time, ES attention and that as part of the implementation process, a number of tests including issue a notice to the people of the country.
What is ES Alert?
ES-Alert was born as alert dissemination system created by SIA, a subsidiary of the Spanish company Indra. Its purpose is approval inform the public of emergencies such as fires, storms, volcanic eruptions or other incidents that indicate it prevent population.
The system is based on technology cellular transmissionor “cell proliferation” which consists of the send messages vía radio antennas to all devices connected to them. All mobile phones are present in an area with mobile phone coverage, be it 2G (GSM), 3G (UMTS), 4G (LTE) or 5G, entitled to receive a notification such.
An advantage of this system is that it is feasible targeted communications to people in the region affected by the emergency. In fact, the Public Notice System (Public Warning System, acronym in English), which will be part of the National Alert Network and identified as RAN-PWS, the tests will start in different regions of Spain on different dates.
so you know When will you receive this test notification Depending on which area you are in:
- October 24th: Andalusia, Asturias and Cantabria.
- October 27th: Community of Valencia, Extremadura and Galicia.
- November 2: Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, La capital española, Murcia and Navarre.
- November 10th: The Canary Islands, Castile and León, Ceuta and the Basque Country.
- 11/16: Castile-La Mácula, La Rioja and Melilla.
Therefore, if you are in one of these areas on the specified date and receive a notification on your mobile phone, You shouldn’t be afraid. But, How cánido you identify the test ad? how they tell in The countryThe vídeo below these lines allows you to see (and listen to) an example of an alert afín to the one that Spanish residents (or foreign nationals visiting the country) receive on their mobile phones:
In the case of the drill, yes, the warning the word “TEST” is displayed, and the usuario must confirm that he has read the message vía an “Accept” button. If no acknowledgment is sent, the beep will continue and the alert will not disappear from the screen.
Perro it be disabled?
Considering that only ES Alert notifications are sent extreme emergencieswhich could pose serious risks to citizens is probably not a good iniciativa Disable these types of notifications.
However, the possibility exists Avoid receiving this type of advertising on mobile after some fairly fácil steps:
- Open the Settings application on your phone and go to the “Security” section.
- Look for the “Wireless Emergency Alerts” option.
- Turn off the Allow Notifications toggle.
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To disable this option, You will no longer receive these types of alerts. If you want to receive them again, you just have to follow the same process and activate the option.