It’s happening in Japan. After NTT DoCoMo developed the doctor’s phones, now the company looks forward to create a system to notify customers of an imminent earthquake. To develop the matter of speaking system, NTT DoCoMo joins its forces with the other big operator KDDI.

How it works? The Japanese meteorological agency will transmit the information when any earthquake is detected. The meteorological agency managed a system that detects the tremors several seconds before the big seismic waves hit the surface. That “several seconds” could make the difference between life and death.

The type of message has not been announced yet. However the big amount of simultaneous data could overwhelm the networks. Another issue would be that the message could create panic even the earthquake won’t be a big one. The system will be available within a few months. Japan is located in a seismic area and the Japanese are very exposed at big quakes that could create chaos and tragedies.

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