{"id":97684,"date":"2020-04-22T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T01:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/?p=97684"},"modified":"2020-04-22T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T01:15:50","slug":"mobile-telcos-deliver-covid-19-info-billions-via-sms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/04\/22\/mobile-telcos-deliver-covid-19-info-billions-via-sms\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Telcos To Deliver Covid-19 Info To Billions Via SMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">SYDNEY\/GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are calling on the world\u2019s mobile telcos to help them get information on Covid-19 via the SMS text messaging service to billions of people who have no Internet access.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">They want all telecommunication companies worldwide to join their initiative to \u201chelp unleash the power of communication technology to save lives from Covid-19.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">The collaboration will start in the Asia-Pacific region and then roll out globally, with its goal being \u201cto reach everyone with vital health messages, whatever their connectivity level.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">ITU estimates that 3.6 billion people have no Internet access \u2013 and in low-income countries 80 percent are offline. \u2013 Stuart Corner<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY\/GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are calling on the world\u2019s mobile telcos to help them get information on Covid-19 via the SMS text messaging service to billions of people who have no Internet access. 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