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October 13-15, 2008
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Wireless Technology for Social Change

Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:

Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.

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BulkSMS.com

file under:
Bulk SMS/Outgoing SMS Services, bulksms, Inbound SMS Messaging Services, mobile communication, Premium SMS and Billing Services, SMS messaging, text messaging, Voting and Polling Services

operates in:
South Africa, United Kingdom

contact:

Phyiscal address: Suite 202 , 4th Floor, South Lobby, Boulevard Place, Heron Crescent, Century City, Cape Town, 7441

Tel: +27 (0) 21 552 6321 (Cape Town, South Africa); +44 (0) 871 284 1472 (London, UK)

Website: http://www.bulksms.com

BulkSMS.com offers cost effective SMS messaging for non-profit & selected community and public benefit organisations. Messages are partly sponsored by BulkSMS.com and the BulkSMS.com tagline is appended to all messages.

This messaging solution includes: individual or bulk text messaging, receipients can reply to sent messages, detailed reporting on delivery status, uploading contacts or linking to phonebook contacts in external datasources, coverage of over 500 plus networks globally.

For organisations operating from South Africa go to http://community.bulksms.com.

For organisations operating from the United Kingdom go to http://community.bulksms.co.uk.

References / Past Projects

1) Perinatal HIV Research Unit: Project Accept CBVCT - www.hivsa.com

2) Ripple FM (Community Radio Station) - www.rippel.co.za

"Please Call Me" Messages with HIV Info: Mobile Social Marketing in South Africa

December 15, 2007 | CorinneRamey

file under:
aids, call back message, mobile communication, PCM messages, please call me, praekelt, social txt, South Africa

"Please Call Me" messages are a popular cultural form of mobile communication in South African society. These USSD messages are used to advertise everything from car insurance to domestic airlines to the local corner store. Today, thanks to a recent project by SocialTxt, these free messages are used for the first time ever for social marketing: to encourage South Africans to get tested for HIV and obtain AIDS information.