I don't think the emergency alerting service in NL is the same, that's "cell broadcast" messages, and is more recent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadca

I don't think the emergency alerting service in NL is the same, that's "cell broadcast" messages, and is more recent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast A flash SMS is kinda like a regular SMS (I remember receving them already on my Nokia 3310), and uses the same protocol. However, it will appear directly on the screen of the user and won't be saved in the received messages. You could also send one yourself, if you can send AT messages to your cell modem :) Some more technical info: http://web.archive.org/web/20080327112445/http://www.dreamfabric.com/sms/ http://web.archive.org/web/20080327112445/http://www.dreamfa... http://web.archive.org/web/20080325030443/http://www.dreamfabric.com/sms/alert.html http://web.archive.org/web/20080325030443/http://www.dreamfa...