Network broadcast of data to internet of things (IOT) devices using a dedicated system information block (SIB) in long term evolution (LTE) and/or fifth generation (5G) next radio networks

A method, comprising:

• based on analyzing report data that is associated with an event and that has been received from a user equipment, selecting, by a system comprising a processor, a geographical area where a notification message related to the event is to be broadcast;
• determining, by the system, a network device that serves an Internet of things device located within the geographical area;
• facilitating, by the system, a broadcast of the notification message via the network device, wherein the notification message is to be broadcast via a system information block that is reserved to transfer Internet of things service data via a radio interface in a broadcast control channel;
• and
• configuring, by the system, a chipset within the Internet of things device to ignore the system information block.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• receiving, from a control plane device, alert data that has been generated based on report data received from a first internet of things device, wherein the report data is indicative of an event associated with the first internet of things device;
• determining identifier data associated with the alert data;
• based on an analysis of the identifier data, facilitating a transfer of the alert data to a second internet of things device via a system information block that has been dedicated to transfer information associated with an Internet of things service, wherein the system information block is to be transmitted via a radio interface of a broadcast control channel;
• and
• configuring the second internet of things device to read or not read the system information block.