Souktel's new Matching Service will help local communities get emergency food and medical aid more efficiently—by pairing them directly with NGOs that meet their specific needs. SoukTel anticipates that the service will boost needy families' access to aid—and cut wait times for emergency assistance in half. "Right now, Palestinian NGOs are overwhelmed and families spend hours lining up for help," explained SoukTel CEO Jacob Korenblum. "With our new service, NGOs and communities can work together to arrange for food and medicine deliveries—right from their mobile phones. This helps the NGOs do their work more effectively, and it helps families get the support they need. We're thrilled to be working with MobIS on this".
MobIS General Manager, Mr. Hanna Kreitem, said that this agreement allows MobIS, along with SoukTel, to provide the Palestinian market with an innovative solution to growing humanitarian challenges, by utilizing available mobile technology to overcome obstacles put in place by the occupation, especially at crisis times.
SoukTel aims to pilot the new SMS service in early 2007, in cooperation with local NGO clients.
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MobIS to develop application for Souktel in Palestine
- Palestine: Sunday, November 26 - 2006 at 13:12
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MobIS LLC, the first Palestinian mobile information services and content company, announces that it has signed an agreement with Souktel Inc., a leading global provider of SMS solutions, to develop the functional and technical platform for SoukTel's Humanitarian Aid SMS Matching Service in Palestine.
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Al Sheikh Commercial Tower, 4th floor,Al-Quds Street,
Al-Bireh, Palestine
Tel: +970 2 240 9290
Fax: +970 2 240 9294
Web: www.mobis.ps
About MobIS LLC:
MobIS LLC, is a Palestinian registered company that specializes in mobile services and
content. MobIS anticipates the convergence of web and mobile channels and plans to
develop its second-generation of systems to offer users a unique experience that engages
both technologies. The company is incubated at PICTI, the Palestine ICT Incubator
About SoukTel Inc.:
SoukTel Inc. is a Palestinian-American company that offers SMS-based solutions to the non-profit and private sectors. Its core products are SMS 'matching' applications that pair NGOs with beneficiaries, and link businesses with consumers. SoukTel was founded by Palestinian and international 'Fellows in Social Enterprise' at Harvard University, and leverages technologies developed at M.I.T. (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Contact:
Hanna Kreitem
General Manager,
MobIS
Al Sheikh Commercial Tower, 4th floor, Al-Quds Street,
Al-Bireh,
Palestine
Tel: +970 2 240 9290
Fax: +970 2 240 9294
Web: www.mobis.ps
MobIS is incubated at PICTI www.picti.ps
Posted by Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorSunday, November 26 - 2006 at 13:12 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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