WHAT THE WORLD IS SAYING ABOUT FRONTLINESMS.
THE ECONOMIST
“Cats, Mice and Handsets”
Back in September, protesters from many parts of the United States poured into the small town of Jena, Louisiana, to express their anger over the over-zealous prosecution (as they saw it) of six young African-Americans on charges of assault. Mobile-phone text messages played an important role in pulling in the crowd. This article looks at the use of mobile phones by activists, and profiles FrontlineSMS and its use in Pakistan.
Build it Kenny, and they will come...
“Kubatana Reaches Out with FrontlineSMS in Zimbabwe”
My Heart's in Accra (Ethan Zuckerman)
“Ken Banks on FrontlineSMS”
160Characters: SMS and Mobile Messaging Association
“Pakistan Activists Use FrontlineSMS”
ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)
“FrontlineSMS on Facebook”
BBC NEWS ONLINE
“Texts Monitor Nigerian Elections”
Anyone trying to rig or tamper with Saturday’s presidential elections in Nigeria could be caught out by a team of volunteers armed with mobile phones. The Network of Mobile Election Monitors (NMEM) will use SMS to feed back their observations to a central computer hub ... NMEM is using a free system called FrontlineSMS, developed by programmer Ken Banks, to keep track of all of the texts.
Corporate Council on Africa
“ICT Infrastructure”
FrontlineSMS Supporters Group
“A Facebook Group for People Who Believe in What FrontlineSMS Stands For”
Stanford Journal of African Studies
“And Then Came the Nigerian Elections”
World Summit on the Information Society
“Story of the Month: FrontlineSMS”
STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE FINALIST 2008
“FrontlineSMS: Text Messaging Hub for the Grassroots NGO Community”
FrontlineSMS is a simple-to-use, free, open-source, entry-level text messaging solution for NGOs in the developing world interested in using SMS in their work, but are confused by the array of options and technical language used in the mobile field.
160Characters: SMS and Mobile Messaging Association
“SMS Hub in a Box”
MobHappy
“The Mobile is the PC of the Developing World”
KnowProse.com
“FrontlineSMS and Disaster Communication: The Potential”
Timbuktu Chronicles
“Kiwanja.net”
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