February 23, 2005
Role of ICT in a disaster examined
In order to respond to any possible national disaster the ICT Ministry has sought dedicated radio spectrum for emergency communications services from the National Telecommunications Commission and is working on a framework for a disaster warning system, reports the Bankgok Post
[...] After the tsunami event True Corporation did not have a chance to fulfil its role to communicate to people because the capacity of its cell sites was limited. The company plans to upgrade 400 cell stations, out of a total of around 1000, in the next couple of months to have cell broadcasting capability.
The technique will allow the operator to broadcast streaming text messages to between 100,000 and a million users a minute a process that takes less time than to send an SMS message and every operator should coordinate in this project in order to create an efficient nationwide warning system.
For locating survivors or medical emergency services, 3G mobile phones based on CDMA technology could be applied."
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