Mobile cell broadcasting for commercial use and public warning in the Maldives
The December 2004 tsunami wrought considerable devastation to the islands of the Maldives and its infrastructure including the telecom sector.
This study was requested by the Telecommunications Authority of the Maldives (TAM) in order to evaluate conditions in the Maldives for the feasiblity of implementing cell broadcasting within a national public warning system, and, concurrently, evaluate the use of cell broadcasting for commercial usage. It concludes that cell broadcasting may prove to be an affordable all purpose information disseminating technology with crucial life saving characteristics.