Muscat: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is conducting an experiment for the early warning broadcast service in the Wilayat of Musannah today in cooperation with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the two service providers.
The local residents (all Omantel and Ooredoo subscribers) of Musannah received early warning messages on their mobile phone service as the service was inaugurated by Engineer Omar bin Hamdan al Ismaili, CEO, of TRA.
In the pilot run, the experiment targets a number of coastal states and regions, starting with South al Batinah Governorate, South al Sharqiyah South, Al Wusta, Muscat, Dhofar, Musandam, and North al Batinah.
Messages are sent as per approved international standards in the form of customized ringtones that appears on the phone automatically and does not require subscribers to do anything.
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