Ljubljana, 19 December (STA) - A public system of warnings about extreme weather or natural disasters will be set up by telco Telekom Slovenije and powered by the French company Intersec, which has already set up such system in other EU countries, including Austria and Croatia.
Announcing the news, Intersec said its solution for alarming the public encompasses the entire procedure from the creation of alerts to their dissemination, leveraging national telecom infrastructure.
The company will deploy a user-centric interface for the Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, which will give out warnings about natural and other disasters, and power its cell broadcast technology at Telekom Slovenija.
The cell broadcast system, which is already in operation in several EU countries, allows messages to be sent to several mobile phone users in a given area at the same time.
Telekom Slovenije selected Intersec due to its expertise in public warning systems and its experience within the EU, particularly in Croatia and Austria, neighbouring countries to Slovenia facing similar risks.
The Digital Transformation Ministry has picked four telecommunication operators - T-2, A1 Slovenija, Telemach Slovenija and Telekom Slovenije - to set up, maintain and manage the cell broadcast system.
The four companies will receive almost EUR 2.6 million in total.
Telekom Slovenije, in agreement with other operators, committed to setting up the main parts of the public informing system that will be available for shared use.
Slovenia is one of the few EU countries that do not have a system of warnings in place through the mobile network, even though this has been an obligation under EU rules since 2022.
