Slovakia - Emergency Broadcasting - History

09.06.2020

The Research Institute of Post and Telecommunications (VÚS) was solving a project dealing with emergency warning via digital radio (EWF). The project was successfully finished in December 2018, with the test transmission in Banská Bystrica. The aim was to utilize new features of digital radio and to design an additional method of disseminating warning messages to population and thus increase the likelihood that residents will be adequately informed in critical situations.

22.09.2017

The Research Institute of Post and Telecommunications (VÚS) is currently solving a project dealing with emergency warning via digital radio (EWF + Alarm Announcements/ former EWS). The project should be finished in January 2019. The aim is to utilize new features of digital radio in the future and to replace existing EWS, which is widely used in analogue FM / RDS broadcasting for controlling sirens in Slovakia.

06.09.2017

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