Project Freedom HIV/AIDS, launched by Indian technology company ZMQ on World AIDS Day in December 2005, was one of the first initiatives to use mobile phone games to raise HIV/AIDS awareness, and one of the largest mobile-based social campaigns of its kind. Backed by the Delhi State AIDS Control Society and launched by Delhi’s then … Continue reading Freedom HIV AIDS
Article PanGlobal Insurance Bhd launched a Short Messaging Motor Insurance System in Malaysia that lets car owners request quotes and renew motor insurance policies by sending an SMS to a dedicated number at standard messaging rates. Customers could also buy a policy over SMS by sending their credit card and billing details by text, extending … Continue reading PanGlobal Motor Insurance
Project The EMH initiative was launched by the Global System for Mobile Communication Assocation in February of 2005. Its goal is to further the GSMA’s target of giving 80% of the world’s population access to mobile communications by 2010 by lowering the cost of access to mobile technology. EMH handsets were initially supplied in 17 … Continue reading EMH
Project The ‘Bird Text Alert’ service sends bird news to your mobile phone as SMS text messages. Another service (Bird News Anywhere) is also available for mobile phone or PDA users which allows the browsing of the latest bird news and photos as ‘web pages’. According to the developers, these two services complement each other … Continue reading Bird Alert
