Area Information - Sony Ericsson G900 White Paper

White paper G900
SMS, EMS, and MMS messages as well as Local Information, and beamed and auto configuration
messages are all stored in one unified Inbox in Messaging.

Area Information

Area information is SMS Cell Broadcasting.
An SMS cell broadcast allows information to be
sent to all mobile phones in a particular
geographical area. Information such as traffic news
or local weather reports can be sent to an area
covered by a single cell or to the entire network.
Broadcast messages are organised into a number
of channels. This allows different types of
messages to be broadcasted on different channels.
Using the phone, users can choose which
broadcast channels to subscribe to. The requested
text messages are received, the message either
scrolls across the Standby screen or is placed in
the Inbox. The user can choose to save the
message to the Inbox or not.
Broadcast subscriptions are controlled from the
Area information dialog.
When a user is subscribed to channel 50, and this
channel is supported by their network, the ID of the
current cell (or group of cells) is displayed below
the network Operator name in the phone display.
This is often the telephone area code or postal
code of the current location.
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September 2008