Mobile communications to revolutionize African weather monitoring

Weather Info for All

From a press release by Ericsson today -

* Global Humanitarian Forum, Ericsson, WMO, and Zain and other mobile
operators to deploy up to 5,000 automatic weather stations in
mobile network sites across Africa, where less than 300 are
reporting today

* Partnership will increase dissemination of weather information via
mobile phones to users and communities, including remote farmers
and fishermen

* First 19 stations deployed more than double Lake Victoria region
weather monitoring, where 5,000 people die every year due to storms
and accidents

http://www.cisionwire.com/ext/ericsson-b/mobile-communications-to-revolutionize-african-weather-monitoring

See also http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8105814.stm