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Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks
On Wednesday, the telecom regulator TRAI floated a consultation paper in order to discuss the tariff-related issues for cell broadcast and SMS alerts that are disseminated via the Common Altering Protocol (CAP) platform at times of both disasters and non-disasters. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) explained that there are specific occasions when the government might like to send alerts to the public free of cost to warn of a potential disaster.
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The focus on the same is to promote the use of the Common Alerting Protocol standard to issue public alerts and push hazard notifications at times of emergency situations and disasters. The cell broadband platform is used to send messages to several users in a specific geographical area simultaneously. The broadcast range can vary from a single cell to the overall network. Currently, cell broadcast has been included in the existing 3G, 2G, 3GPP, and LTE standards.
TRAI Consults On Tariff Issues During Disasters
While highlighting the relevance of the consultation paper, TRAI said that the government might want to warn the public at times of disasters or occasions where the public has to be informed of events such as holding vaccines, relief, or medical camps or certain laws and order related scenarios, etc.
Currently, the department of telecommunications (DoT) lets SMS and cell broadcast messages be sent for free of cost for a specific period and for events wherein a specific request for free messages comes from certain nodal authorities.
