Apparatus and method for using an intelligent network for analyzing an event external to a signaling network

A method in an intelligent network for alerting in response to an external event that is external to the intelligent network, the method comprising:

• selecting a set of intelligent network subscribers in a selected geographic area;
• obtaining signal message data from a signaling network in the intelligent network, wherein the signal message data indicates a status of subscribers in the set of intelligent network subscribers having a call failure to a selected number;
• obtaining external data related to the selected geographic area, wherein the external data is external to the intelligent network;
• fusing the signal message data and the external data to produce synthetic data;
• in response to the synthetic data, producing an alert including a list of intelligent network subscribers to call back from the set of intelligent network subscribers having a call failure to the selected number;
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• ranking the list of intelligent network subscribers to call back in response to the synthetic data.