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cell broadcast

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cell broadcast

Transmitting a message to all mobile phone users within a geographic area. Cell broadcast is used to provide information such as weather, traffic and the locations of local gas stations and restaurants.



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Cell broadcast: The cell broadcast facility is a variation of the short message service.
Einstein Wireless, a Wisconsin-based wireless carrier, has become the only wireless carrier in the nation to launch a cell broadcast system that will alert its subscribers about natural disasters, terrorist attacks, chemical explosions, wildfires and other life-threatening events.
Earlier this year, they became the first wireless carrier in the nation to successfully test a cell broadcast system that will alert people about natural disasters, terrorist attacks, chemical explosions, wildfires and other life-threatening events.
 
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