Activity Description: FrontlineSMS provides full text messaging management from a Windows desktop application via a mobile phone, removing the need for the user to be anywhere near an internet connection. Almost all existing commercial SMS applications tie the user to the web, and require bulk purchase of messages. FrontlineSMS, which was designed to enable NGOs and conservation groups to gain entry to SMS arenas, requires neither.

FrontlineSMS will enable NGOs to provide relevant, locally-based information services (such as health advice and market prices) to rural communities in developing countries via text messages.