Blackberry 8800 manual About cell broadcasting, Cell broadcasting prerequisites

6. Click Save.

Note: If you set your device to hide sent messages, sent messages continue to appear in the history of SMS text messages.

Cell broadcasting

About cell broadcasting

Cell broadcasting is designed to enable wireless service providers to use SMS text messaging to send information to all BlackBerry® devices in a specific geographical area simultaneously. You can receive cell broadcast messages that contain a specific type of information by subscribing to a cell broadcast channel that provides that type of information. Different cell broadcast channels send different cell broadcast messages. For example, one cell broadcast channel might send regular weather forecasts while another might send traffic reports.

Cell broadcasting prerequisites

•Verify that your wireless service provider supports this feature.

•Verify that your SIM card is set up with a cell broadcast channel or your wireless service provider has provided you with the ID for a cell broadcast channel.

•Verify that your SIM card supports the display language that you want to use for cell broadcast messages.

Turn on cell broadcasting

1.In the device options, click Advanced Options.

2.Click Cell Broadcast.

3.Set the Cell Broadcasting Service field to On.

4.Perform one of the following actions:

•If a cell broadcast channel appears on the screen, select the check box beside the channel.

•If a cell broadcast channel does not appear on the screen, press the Menu key. Click Add Channel. Type the channel ID and a nickname. Click OK.

5.Click a language.

6.Click Enable.

7.Press the Menu key.

8.Click Save.

To turn off cell broadcasting, set the Cell Broadcasting Service field to Off. Before you turn off cell broadcasting, verify that your wireless service provider does not use cell broadcasting to manage services, such as preferred rates, based on your location.

Stop receiving messages from a cell broadcast channel

Verify that your wireless service provider does not use the cell broadcast channel to manage services, such as preferred rates, based on your location.

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