Vodafone Invests $1.45 Million USD in Services for People with Special Needs
Published: Jun 20, 2007Vodafone Portugal and the Vodafone Portugal Foundation invested approximately $1.45 Million USD in social responsibility initiatives in the period from April 2004 to March 2005, according to the report presented today by company chairman, António Carrapatoso.
During the presentation, the launch of the Vodafone SAY was announced. The service enables blind and visually-impaired customers to use mobile communication, namely SMS, MMS and Vodafone live. The solution uses TALKS software that acts as a ’screen reader,” allowing all the functionalities of the mobile phone to be accessed, even during a call.
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Vodafone SAY is provided at two rate plans with special conditions that will be available to all people with a degree of visual incapacity equal to or more than 80%. These rates, one of which involves voice and data services and the other geared solely for data, are around 50% cheaper than the Best and SMS plans, and also include free voice minutes and SMS messages.
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Source: Vodafone Portugal’s Corporate Communications
