Indian TV companies offer SMS message boards to help disaster communication

Published by Ewan on Tuesday 11th July 2006, 20:20 | Filed under: SMS

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Link: Telugu Portal - Mumbai blasts: TV message boards bring relief to worried relatives - Nation - Latest News.

Anxious about the safety of their relatives and friends following reports of serial blasts in Mumbai Tuesday, people across the country flooded TV channel message boards with SMSs to get in touch with their loved ones.

Messages flooded news channels like the CNN-IBN and NDTV as they flashed their numbers for the short message service (SMS).

It’s at times such as this — when you need to know — that the mobile and communications networks of today can be extremely useful.

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