On Wed, 4 Oct 2023, Matthew Petach wrote:
Ah, I didn't realize that was locally set on the device--I thought that was
part of the message header in the message being sent out.
Thanks for the clarification. ^_^
Yep. That's why countries with a Prime Minister (or monarch or both) were
complaining. Canada complained politely, but complained. :-)
The Cell Broadcast channel is very bit-limited. No room for extra stuff.
User interface presentation layer wrapper stuff is built into the handset.
Other countries couldn't force the change themselves. Needed the U.S. to
stop insisting on "Presidential Alert" label and the mobile phone OS
vendors to update their global software releases. Mobile device
manufactures would translate "Presidential Alert" into other languages,
but wouldn't change it based on a country's political system outside of
the U.S.
Global standards are great. Tourist mobile phones work (and get emergency
alerts) wherever governments send them, without needing funky Apps. Fun
at the Olympics with visitors from around the world getting an alert for
the first time. Yes, I know some countries still insist on local funky
Apps. But the U.S. insistance on its way is a pain in the a**.
Now need global mobile device manufactures to update their OS releases,
everyone to buy new handsets or add it to the carrier localization
configuration.
Apple's forced iOS migrations upset some people, but it does keep its
ecosystem up to date.