Telecom Operators in India Warn People of Coronavirus Outbreak, Share Tips (techcrunch.com) 16
Telecom operators in India have started to warn users of Covid-19 spread after more than three dozen cases have been detected in the nation. From a report: Subscribers of Reliance Jio, Airtel, and state-run BSNL were greeted with a warning in Hindi and English when they attempted to make a phone call on Sunday. The message, locally known as "caller tune," plays instead of regular phone ring. "Always protect your face with a handkerchief or tissue while coughing or sneezing. Regularly clean hands with soap. Avoid touching your face, eyes, or nose. If someone has cough, fever, or breathlessness maintain one metre distance. If needed, visit your nearest health centre immediately," the pre-recorded message said. Vodafone, the top telecom operator in India, has started to implement the warning message, too, while Airtel is looking to broaden the reach of its alert, people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
not gonna be good (Score:1)
The "take your poo to the loo" message fell flat, do you think they're going to wash their hands with soap and water?
India needs to something like Vietnam did (Score:2)
https://youtu.be/7pFeKMWzclk [youtu.be]
Song Alert (Score:2)
India should do a Hindi and English version of the Vietnam hand washing song [bbc.com]. It's pretty catchy and I don't even know Vietnamese.
Coronavirus spreads on Twitter (Score:2, Funny)
The first confirmed death from the novel Coronavirus by a Twitter user has been reported. The virus is apparently spreading uncontrollably amongst Twitter users.
Mark Zuckerburg has confirmed that the Coronavirus is NOT spreading on Facebook and recommends that all Twitter users quarantine themselves in their basement for at least 30 days, just to be safe.
Cell Broadcast/ Cell info Display (Score:2)
That's what the type of situation that the "Cell Broadcast" feature was supposed to address.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Inside the containtment area you could broadcast messages indicating tips, reminding people to stay at home, in the Cell serving the hospitals equiped to teat COVID-19 patiens you could broadcast the fact. In the border of the Quarentine zone you could brodcast the fact that you are aproaching the frontier. the possibities are endless.
But, due to missmanagement by network operators, n
Re: (Score:2)
Cell broadcast was a GSM feature. It doesn't really make sense for CDMA and LTE that support soft handover.
Re: (Score:2)
Cell broadcast was a GSM feature. It doesn't really make sense for CDMA and LTE that support soft handover.
Cell Broadcast is present on GSM, WCDMA, LTE and 5G too.
Unlucky USoAns did not have the feature. Blame Qualcomm
Stay home, work remotely... (Score:2)
Telcos must be rubbing their hands with glee, this virus outbreak has significantly reduced travel and encouraged remote working and remote meetings - telcos stand to benefit the most from this.