Almaty set to launch new instant emergency alert system
10:44, 5 March 2024
Almaty city is set to launch a new emergency text alert system by the end of May 2024, city mayor Yerbolat Dossayev told the Government meeting, Kazinform News Agency said.
The city akimat, Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry Ministry, and Emergencies Ministry plan to introduce the instant emergency notification system for instant alerts and mass notifications via mobile phones until the end of this May. 475 million tenge was allocated to have this system developed.
Unlike traditional technologies, this system allows sending mass text alerts in an emergency to all users in certain areas covered by base antennas.