Entire Population Capable of Receiving SMS Alerts During a Crisis
OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 12, 2018--
Everbridge,
Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management and
enterprise safety software applications, announced today that it has
expanded the capabilities of the national alerting system that it is
powering for the country of Sweden. Going forward, residents and
visitors in Sweden will be able to receive SMS notifications on their
mobile phones if they reside within an area where sudden events such as
fire, extreme weather or a terror attack occur. All mobile operators in
Sweden can now send location-based SMS alerts provided by Unified
Messaging Systems (UMS), an Everbridge Company, with an "Important
Message to the Public" from SOS
Alarm, the system operator.
“The mobile phone is the best tool for reaching the population and for
providing important information about how to act during major accidents
and other severe events. This is a significant step forward that all
mobile operators are now connected to this service, which is an
important part of strengthening Swedish crisis preparedness and creating
a safer Sweden for all,” said Kenny Lorentzon, Head of Emergency
Response Department at SOS Alarm.
UMS’ Location Based Alerting System (LBAS™) is a solution that allows
authorities to alert people in a specific geographic area in a quick and
efficient manner. All mobile phones located within a defined area can be
notified using location information from the mobile network without
having to do anything to receive the messages. LBAS makes real-time
dynamic alerting a reality.
“Having a national warning solution implemented in Sweden demonstrates a
significant modernization of emergency preparedness services. The mobile
phone is the first channel most people turn to when searching for
information. SMS notification is both precise and time saving and can
help save lives and keep businesses running when a critical event
occurs,” said Espen Gylvik, General Manager at Unified Messaging
Systems, an Everbridge Company.
Following legislative changes that began on July 1, 2017, SOS Alarm now
has the ability to send SMS alerts to anyone who resides in a defined
geographic area in Sweden. Previously, Sweden only had the opportunity
to send alerts to mobile phones ‘registered’ within an affected area.
Neither UMS nor SOS Alarm stores data from mobile operators and the
information transmitted cannot be used in other contexts.
About UMS, an Everbridge Company
UMS AS (Unified Messaging
Systems), an Everbridge Company, is an Oslo based technology company
with international operations. The company supports more than 1,200
customers worldwide with systems for public notifications. The company
was founded in 1998, and was acquired by Everbridge in 2018, and is
established as an industry leader within the area of critical
communication and population alerting systems.
About Everbridge
Everbridge,
Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is a global software company that provides
enterprise software applications that automate and accelerate
organizations’ operational response to critical events in order to keep
people safe and businesses running faster. During public safety threats
such as active shooter situations, terrorist attacks or severe weather
conditions, as well as critical business events including IT outages,
cyber-attacks or other incidents such as product recalls or supply-chain
interruptions, over 3,800 global customers rely on the company’s
Critical Event Management Platform to quickly and reliably aggregate and
assess threat data, locate people at risk and responders able to assist,
automate the execution of pre-defined communications processes through
the secure delivery to over 100 different communication devices, and
track progress on executing response plans. The company’s platform sent
over 2 billion messages in 2017 and offers the ability to reach over 500
million people in more than 200 countries and territories, including the
entire mobile populations on a country-wide scale in Sweden, the
Netherlands, the Bahamas, Singapore, Greece, Cambodia, and a number of
the largest states in India. The company’s critical communications and
enterprise safety applications include Mass Notification, Incident
Management, Safety Connection™, IT Alerting, Visual Command Center®,
Crisis Commander®, Community Engagement™ and Secure Messaging.
Everbridge serves 9 of the 10 largest U.S. cities, 8 of the 10 largest
U.S.-based investment banks, all 25 of the 25 busiest North American
airports, six of the 10 largest global consulting firms, six of the 10
largest global auto makers, all four of the largest global accounting
firms, four of the 10 largest U.S.-based health care providers and four
of the 10 largest U.S.-based health insurers. Everbridge is based in
Boston and Los Angeles with additional offices in Lansing, San
Francisco, Beijing, Kolkata, London, Oslo and Stockholm. For more
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Source: Everbridge, Inc.
UMS, an Everbridge Company
Helene Marwell-Hauge, +47 932 51 212
hmh@ums.no
or
Everbridge
Jeff
Young, 781-859-4116
jeff.young@everbridge.com
