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When topping up our prepaid account on the FLSMS phone modem, the mobile operator sends an automatic response back to the modem to confirm the payment: "Your top up was successful.  Check your account balance and expiry date for FREE by dialling *225."

Problem is, that the notification message from the operator then gets forwarded to everyone on the distribution list for our…

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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

About a year ago, I developed a system around FrontlineSMS called FamilyFIRST. FamilyFIRST was developed to allow domestic violence agencies to provide better services to victims by allowing them to report incidents silently via a simple SMS message. It also allowed victims in crisis to immediately summon the police or make contact with a crisis intervention worker without the need to actually make a phone call. Continue