FrontlineSMS allows you to text message with large groups of people anywhere there is a mobile signal.

November 2011 Blog Posts (5)

PING: Simple keyword to check if FLSMS is working

I have a number of installations of FLSMS running in my Lab at the University of Alberta and I often need to check to make sure they are operational. (The problem is rarely with FLSMS and more often with Windows crashing)

I've created a simple keyword method for checking the status of FrontlineSMS without the need to go to my Lab (especially useful late at night or on weekends). I create a keyword called PING that sends an autoreply to my phone indicating that FLSMS is…

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Added by MARS Lab (Gordon) on November 7, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Tips

I have been using FrontlineSMS here in Tanzania for an NGO I volunteer for www.uwaba.or.tz/index-en.htm . Some things I learnt through experience:

- when you put in a modem often the modem's own software starts (the software you use to connect to the internet). Unfortunately the modem software also has a SMS facility. If this software is running sometimes the SMSes go into that software instead of into FrontlineSMS. The solution I have… Continue

Added by Elaine Baker-Guni on November 7, 2011 at 3:19am — 1 Comment

FrontlineSMS on the ground in the DRC

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with Chamath A. from our FrontlineSMS community. We had the chance to collaborate over lunch. We discussed the implementation of the Eway Foundation/Media and Global Tech's Ethical Citizen Media project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The project will officially begin next week with the training of our first group of "On-The-Ground" practitioners. The idea is to start with a basic mass-text messaging system for Ground Teams, and eventually…

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Added by Darren Bunton on November 5, 2011 at 7:37pm — No Comments

Live Twitter Chat featuring FrontlineSMS team! #SMSchat

PBS MediaShift (www.pbs.org/mediashift) is hosting a live chat on Twitter today about the use of SMS and texting technology by journalists, news organizations, radio shows and more around the world. In many developing nations Internet access is less prevalent, and the main means of interaction is with cell phones and text. Many projects are using SMS to help connect communities to important news and information, and…

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Added by Florence Scialom on November 2, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

FLSMS supporting graduate student research at University of Alberta

Here at the University of Alberta we are using FrontlineSMS to support graduate student research in communication and technology. Among its range of activities, the Mobile Applications for Research Support (MARS) Lab provides access to FLSMS and mobile phones to allow students and community groups to set up and run pilot projects using text messaging.

Obtaining FLSMS-compatible phones in Canada can be difficult,…

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Added by MARS Lab (Gordon) on November 1, 2011 at 4:24pm — No Comments