UK Emergency Alerts service test - 23 April 2022

[OJAS]

https://www.gov.uk/alerts

 

In case those of us with live giffgaff or other roaming UK SIM cards need to brace ourselves for loud siren-like sounds coming from our mobiles at 9pm next Sunday.

 

[Upnotover]

Don't think so, the alert is supposed to be specific to the broadcasting mast, rather unlikely that those in Thailand will be alerting.

[Crossy]

Yeah ^^^, that's my understanding too, it is supposed to trigger even foreign mobiles that are connected to the tower.

 

[trevoromgh]

Well I never received this UK alarm message despite having a UK sim loaded in my dual sim phone. Did anyone else get the message here in Thailand?   I normally can receive incoming UK text messages and voice calls without a problem so presume they must have a way of checking your geo-location perhaps. 

[Upnotover]

4 hours ago, trevoromgh said:

Well I never received this UK alarm message despite having a UK sim loaded in my dual sim phone. Did anyone else get the message here in Thailand?   I normally can receive incoming UK text messages and voice calls without a problem so presume they must have a way of checking your geo-location perhaps. 

The message is/was broadcast by the cell mast you are connected to, it is not sent to all SIM's.  

[OJAS]

12 hours ago, trevoromgh said:

Well I never received this UK alarm message

As did not quite a few people in the UK, it would appear!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2023/apr/23/emergency-alert-test-uk-phone-alarms-sound-live-updates