November 24, 2004
Cell phone message board to be extended for disasters
A cellular phone message board service that proved incredibly useful for those caught in the aftermath of last month's Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake will be extended across three major cell phone service providers from next year, reports The Daily Yomiuri.
"The service, which is only fully accessible from NTT DoCoMo Inc. cell phones at the moment, allows users to leave messages and check messages from friends and family. The service will be expanded to enable users of KDDI Corp. and Vodafone K.K. cell phones to post and check messages as well."
"Within 30 minutes of a major disaster, such as a large typhoon or an earthquake of lower 6 or higher on the Japanese intensity scale, the message board will appear in the i-mode menu on DoCoMo cell phones. The user chooses his or her status, such as "okay" or "in a shelter," and can then leave a text message of up to 100 characters.
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