In India, a straightforward SMS reminder blast is all it takes to enhance vaccination coverage and even decrease rates of preventable childhood infections. This study by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Indian nonprofit child health organization Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha (BUDS) proves the ability of SMS reminders — when used ...
Aren't we all tired of the ‘credit-eating’ trap that we get into, whenever we innocently click on a link or an Ad that asks for our phone numbers? But then again, maybe you are just tired of the constant promotional texts that never seem to stop. I know that I ...
Since 05.00 am it has been difficult for some Safaricom customers to send and receive SMS and now the company is attributing this to an issue with its Core Network. In a statement Corporate Affairs Director Stephen Chege said that the hitch means that customers are experiencing delays when communicating. ...
Kenyans will now be able to buy lottery tickets using their mobile phones after lottery operator Halifax Ltd launched an kind SMS-based lottery service that will have the entire process from purchase of lottery ticket to redemption o prize money done on mobile. Subscribers from all three mobile service providers Orange Telkom ...
The Uganda Communications Commission has fined MTN Uganda 0.5% which is approximately Shs 5bn of its annual revenue for sending subscribers messages from their short codes contrary to a directive to stop sending the unsolicited messages. In November 21, 2014, the UCC had directed all telecommunications to operationalise the 196 ...
Eric Wamanji an executive at the Geothermal Development Company was yesterday arrested by police from Parklands police station and recorded a statement for allegedly sending a death threat to Charles Kerich an Editor at the Star newspaper. “It is high time you stop publishing those stupid GDC stories or we ...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it will penalise Mobile Network Operators who have failed to follow its regulation on sending uncalled for messages to their subscribers a they do not give the subscribers a choice whether to receive or not making the commission intervene within the limits of ...
Airtel Africa Executive Operations Director Christophe Soulet (Left) welcomes Dr. Naikuni (right) Airtel Kenya has launched a new SMS subscription service that will enable its customers in Kenya to purchase SMS bundles which they can use to send SMS to any network in Kenya freely. To ...
A new app dubbed BeepTool allows users to video conference, HD calls, text and share files on any devices and aims to be Whatsapp of the emerging markets. Anytime, anywhere in the world via WiFi or 3G/4G/LTE — without draining minutes from service providers, BeepTool is compatible on iOS, Android, ...
Eneza Education has hit over 100,000 unique users, three years after launching in Kenya with the aim to make 50 million students in rural Africa smarter via basic low cost mobile technology. The simple to use SMS and USSD service said its largest number of new users came from the ...
