In an effort to make sure the effectiveness of emergency communication programs, regional assessments are periodically performed with out prior announcement.

This method permits cell phone community suppliers to endure complete testing procedures in preparation for potential emergencies.

On Friday morning, textual content alerts had been despatched to cell phone customers in a number of municipalities together with Differdange, Pétange, Bascharage, Sanem, Bourscheid, Tandel, Diekirch, Erpeldange, Ettelbruck, Schieren, Colmar-Berg, and Bettendorf.

The primary textual content messages had been despatched at 9.30am. Solely people whose cell units had been related to a base station inside the aforementioned municipalities on the time of the alert acquired a message stating: “LU-ALERT / ALERTE TEST / NO ACTION REQUIRED / AUCUNE ACTION REQUISE / KEINE HANDLUNG ERFORDERLICH.”

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