Mobile phone plays valuable role in wake of tsunami disaster

By making it possible to share information quickly and to quickly raise large sums in relief aid, the mobile telephone has played a valuable role in the Asian seaquake disaster, reports the Associated Press.

"In the immediate aftermath of the towering tsunami waves that have so far known to have taken some 125,000 lives, the phones enabled survivors to let friends and families know they were alive.

The Czech government sought the help of the country's three mobile phone companies to send text messages to the phones of about 90 Czech tourists who remain unaccounted for. The operators were establishing whether the phones were active when the wave struck, and whether they have since been reactivated elsewhere."

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emily | 3:12 PM | Tsunamis, South East Asia |
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