A nationwide test was carried out by the government at 3pm yesterday, April 23. Phones with 4G or 5G coverage emitted a 10-second siren-like sound was followed by a text message that clarified that this was a test and no action needed to be taken.
In the future, the tool will be used to warn the public if there is an imminent risk to life. However, a number of people complained that they never received the alert.Speaking on Good Morning Britain today, April 24, telecommunications professor Nigel Linge defended the mishap, saying it's "not unusual that it did not work perfectly". He told hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls: "The whole point of testing, we test everything, [is] to see if it works.
"You can only do so much in a laboratory to know whether something is going to work. Moving something onto an operational network is a completely different thing so you have to evaluate it."He added: "It is not unusual that the first test of its type did not work perfectly. That is what you would expect. I don't think anyone in the mobile phone industry would be surprised that it wasn't perfect.
Following the discussion, Good Morning Britain shared some of the live coverage the BBC aired yesterday to show the public's reaction to the emergency alert. It showed people in towns and cities across the UK seemingly unfazed by the siren sound. Presenter Susanna Reid remarked afterwards: "I am not sure that live coverage of people not bothered about the alert was really the image they were going for."
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