Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs sends group SMS to Swedes in Thailand and Sri Lanka

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has sent a group SMS message to all Swedish mobile phone subscribers in Thailand and Sri Lanka. The message appeals to Swedes to get in touch with relatives, the embassy or the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Many Swedes have made contact as a result of the message. On Thursday a new SMS was sent out urging all Swedes to book places on the flights now going home. [via Sweden.se]

Related:

-- Italian Wireless operators contact their subcribers in South Asia with a message from the Foreign Office

-- Irish Department of Foreign Affairs works with operators to locate two missing people

-- Links to all Tsunami/cell phone stories posted in Textually.org.

emily | 10:05 AM | Tsunamis, South East Asia |
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