• 1000 solar powered mobile phones sent to Haiti

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    Solar powered bibles are just one of the few things being sent to Haiti as a relief for its disaster struck citizens. Now, 1000 solar powered mobile phones are being sent to Haiti, a country where communication has been cut of from its roots due to the recent earthquake. The company’s, Intivation (a company that manufactures solar chargers that are built into a phone) and Digicel (a Haitian mobile operator) will take the initiative of sending these phones there. These phones can work in areas with moody electric supply and use solar power to juice themselves up instead.


    These phones were released in June 2009 and more than half a million of them have been sold by Intivation worldwide. The mobile operator, Digicel has shown a huge support to the disaster relief funds with is generous contribution of $10 million in $5 credits to its one million customers in Haiti. This act and initiative by these companies is sure to help Haiti back on its communication track soon.
    [eWeek europe]

    Posted in Topics:Alternative Energy, Tags: , on January 19, 2010