How true :-(
Carl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kon Wilms" <>
To: "Carl Reed OGC" <>;
<>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [emergency] FYI: Cell phones to be used as data source in
disasters
> Unfortunately our (USA) present digital terrestrial broadcasting
> modulation scheme and its lack of mobile reception prevents us from
> doing this.
>
> Cheers
> Kon
>
>>
>> Thought this might be of interest.
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> Cell phones to be used as data source in disasters
>> Japan Today - Tokyo,Japan -- More than one year has passed
> since terrestrial digital broadcasting services began a new TV era in
> Japan, with the services spreading from major cities to some rural areas
> where prefectural government offices are located. "This is a news
> bulletin. There was a strong earthquake in the Kanto region," the voice
> of an announcer sounded from a mobile phone in a shirt pocket. When the
> user looked at the liquid crystal screen, it automatically changed to a
> TV screen, and text containing information began to appear in the lower
> part of the screen. This is the scene of a demonstration using a mobile
> phone produced on a trial basis that can receive terrestrial digital
> broadcasting services. KDDI Corp and Hitachi Ltd are jointly developing
> the mobile phone. The terminal is equipped with a global positioning
> system (GPS). "Linked with the GPS, broadcasters can also automatically
> send information about the nearest shelter," said Tatsuo Shibata, deputy
> director of the media technology development department at KDDI...
>
>
