Unicef Tuesday launched a free SMS number for youths in Nepal so they could text in their views and comments on issues that concern them to the global organisation. The number 4400 is a toll-free mobile text message service that allows users to send messages directly to the Unicef in Nepal, Xinhua reported. The number [...]
“There are 2.2 billion mobile phones in the developing world, 305 million computers but only 11 million hospital beds,” said Terry Kramer, strategy director at British operator Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona this week. That’s why Vodafone, along with the United Nations and the Rockerfeller Foundation’s mHealth Alliance have banded together [...]
GOMOTEXT.COM, a leading provider of mobile engagement solutions including mobile marketing, Smartphone apps and associated solutions, today announced the release of its new one of a kind iPhone App that will allow users to manage their campaigns using their iPhones. Whether you are looking to develop a sophisticated mobile marketing campaign or simply trying to [...]
In an unprecedented effort to make the current elections in Sudan more transparent, voters there can report instances of election fraud through a mobile SMS text message system. The initiative is a joint effort by Sudanese citizen groups, mobile operators and the U.S. State Department. “Election monitors or citizens can text in any election-related problems: [...]
Australia Post has earmarked the system for outer metropolitan areas, outlining the changes in a 12-page brochure presented to councils, News Ltd says. Door-to-door services would cease and residents would travel to “community hubs” where as many as 1200 post boxes would be located. Swipe cards and pin codes would be used to open the [...]
Text messaging continues to be enormously popular, with more than 822 billion text messages sent and received on carriers’ networks during the last half of 2009—amounting to almost 5 billion messages per day at the end of the year. During the 2009 calendar year, there were more than 1.5 trillion text messages reported on carriers’ [...]
In a bid to cut response time to forest fires, the Forest Survey of India (FSI) — using satellite information from the University of Maryland — has begun sending out instant SMSes to forest staff and civilians when a forest fire is detected via the satellite. This year, there have been above 3,000 forest fires, [...]
Mobile data has been growing at a fast clip since the iPhone went on sale almost three years ago. But with the introduction of many more data-focused devices, the industry continues to break records. In a report released today, telecom consultant Chetan Sharma tallied up the financial statements of carriers from around the world to [...]
