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

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Finally it's working. I am able to send and receive sms.

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Added by Diwakar Basnet on October 18, 2012 at 11:13am — No Comments

I need help regarding the setup process. Is it possible to work one way with internet to collect the sms. And is it free. How to configure?

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Added by Diwakar Basnet on October 13, 2012 at 11:15pm — 4 Comments

Role of Community Radio in Open Budget Process in Bangladesh

Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on September 29, 2012 at 7:58am — No Comments

Community Television in Bangladesh logo

Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on September 27, 2012 at 9:31am — No Comments

Community Television for Right to Information in Bangladesh

Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on September 27, 2012 at 6:35am — No Comments

Community Radio delegation met newly appointed Information Minister

Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on September 19, 2012 at 10:01am — No Comments

Community Radio delegation met newly appointed Information Minister in Bangladesh

A high level delegation from the Community Radio sector met the newly appointed hon’ble Minister for Ministry of Information Mr.Hasanul Haque Inu, MP at Bangladesh Secretariat on 19^TH September at 12-30 P.M.

The 6 members of the delegation included:…

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Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on September 19, 2012 at 9:59am — No Comments

Using FrontlineSMS to address the needs of people with disabilities and their families in Colombia

I want to take a moment to share about a collaborative, community-based research project between the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada), the University of Rosario (Bogota, Colombia) and the community of El Codito in northern Bogota. El Codito is a mountainside community located on the perimeter of Bogota, characterized by low socio-economic status, limited access to municipal services such as electricity and sewage, and high crime rates. People in El Codito, especially people with…

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Added by Tim Barlott on September 18, 2012 at 12:20am — No Comments

Sierra Compass 885 versus Huawei E-series

Hello FrontlineSMS community.

This is a short post to share my experiences with two GSM modems, the Sierra Compass 885 and the Huawei E-series.

These are the only two dongles that I have used with FrontlineSMS and had a very different experience with each of them.

Sierra Compass 885

Once the drivers and 3G watcher were installed, this modem works without a hiccup. It was not necessary to have the 3G watcher open in order to…

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Added by Tim Barlott on September 14, 2012 at 6:18pm — 2 Comments

Mobile Phones for Development Survey complete by 19 Sept 2012

Hello All,

I work for The Department for International Development (DFID) and I am also a postgraduate student at Birkbeck, University of London, where I am completing a MSc. in International Business and Development. I am currently writing my dissertation on the socio-economic impact of mobile phones on smallholder farmers.

I am seeking to discover how mobile technology such as SMS, helplines, information services and the Internet have made a difference in the…

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Added by Marsha Castello on September 13, 2012 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Locked ZTE dongle- TNM Malawi

Hi!

I just purchased a ZTE dongle (model: MF 193) at the TNM store which the customer service agent didn't unlock since she thought I would use another SIM card with it. It seems like FSMS is trying to connect to it, but it can't (see the attachement)…

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Added by Olga Joos on September 13, 2012 at 5:57am — 5 Comments

Radio Stations in Bangladesh

Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on September 1, 2012 at 6:55am — No Comments

Community Radio in Bangladesh: Achievement and Challenge Recent Experience

http://zunia.org/uploads/media/knowledge/Community Radio in Bangladesh - Achievement & Challenges1346306667.pdf …

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Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on August 31, 2012 at 2:51am — No Comments

Community Media for Development: Now Time to act to open-up Community Television

"Communication can play a much greater role in enabling people to take control over their own lives, in enabling people and societies to set their own agendas in relation to political, economic and social development; and in enabling, in particular, the voices of the economically and politically…

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Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on August 28, 2012 at 3:05am — No Comments

Problem with Clickatell

Hello everyone,

I recently tried to use clickatell credits through Version 2.0 of FLSMS ( I tried all the formats 00,+ and no leading zeros) but nothing is working.

Any advice out there for me shall be appreciated.

Thank you

Added by Tambe Harry Agbor on August 16, 2012 at 2:15pm — 3 Comments

Nokia 110

We have tried to use Nokia 110 for FrontlineSMS forms.

It works well. So, we can add Nokia 110 on the list of mobile phones which can be used for FrontlineSMS.

To enable FrontlineSMS forms on Nokia 110, we need to put file forms on the website because Nokia 110 does not have USB cable and can not do unzip file then we can download the forms from the website.

Look this our website :…

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Added by Frederika Rambu Ngana on August 14, 2012 at 7:47am — No Comments

thanks

thanks for approving my membership application.

Added by Bernard Ledama on July 17, 2012 at 2:04am — No Comments

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Added by AHM Bazlur Rahman on July 12, 2012 at 5:03am — No Comments

Linux

When will we see Linux support, I will not run anything on windowz.

I had a quick look and would like to use this with ushahidi.com project and it seems to fit the bill here, I would like to run the whole lot on one server.

Its for a small settlement just outside of Windhoek and we would like to inform the people who live there of fires etc.

Just a small pilot then we will release it for Elections and other great stuff, tho only problem I have is that it only runs on Modems…

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Added by Steven Delport on June 26, 2012 at 1:14pm — 6 Comments