TSF Press review

 2012

logo-aitTSF CHIEF ASSURES AIT OF SUPPORT, KEEN TO CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP, April 2012

In a visit to AIT on 16 May 2012, Mr. Cazenave said TSF was very happy with the partnership with AIT, and was keen to continue its engagement. Lire l'article

 

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LES NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES AU SERVICE DE L'AIDE HUMANITAIRE, 12th April 2012

Routes coupées après une catastrophe naturelle, terrain hostile en temps de guerre, établir ou rétablir le contact avec le personnel humanitaire et les populations vulnérables représente un défi technique majeur pour les ONG. Lire l'article

 

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LA NOUVELLE BOITE A OUTILS DE L'HUMANITAIRE, April 2012

Quand les services européens d’urgence humanitaire se déploient sur le lieu d’une catastrophe humanitaire, plusieurs ONG suivent. Parmi elles, TSF. Lire l'article

 

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TSF SUPPLIES SAT PHONE CONNECTIONS FOR WEARY SYRIANS, AND MORE, 28th March 2012

Télécoms Sans Frontières is intervening along the Syrian border, close (less than 2 km) to the bombed villages. Lire l'article

 

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MIARINARIVO : L'INTERNET PAR SATELLITE DISPONIBLE, 1st March 2012

Le chef-lieu de la région Itasy a désormais accès à l'internet haut débit. Une formation en informatique, surtout en faveur des jeunes, complètera cette mise en place. Lire l'article 

 

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REGION ITASY : TSF OUVRE UN CENTRE TELECOM COMMUNAUTAIRE, 28th February 2012

Il s’agit du 6ème centre installé par TSF dans le monde depuis 2007. Lire l'article

 

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TSF CIRCLES IN TO ASSIST AFTER CYCLONE GIOVANNA, 14th February 2012

Responding to the 3rd category cyclone Giovanna which swept Madagascar Island today, TSF is dispatching an emergency team from its international headquarters. Lire l'article

 

 


2011

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- TSF AND VSF'S PILOT PROJECT...PHONES AND VETERINARIANS IN PARCHED KENYA, 6th December 2011
TSF is launching a pilot project in Kenya using the mobile phone-based, payment and money transfer system M-PESA for the benefit of populations in pastoral areas. Read the article

 

logo-acted- "OPERATIONNELS SOUS 24 HEURES", 10th November 2011

General interview about TSF's actions. Read the article

 

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- TSF IS THERE... WHEN RAIN IS A REAL PAIN IN EL SALVADOR, 20th October 2011

TSF embarked on a mission to El Salvador after the government appealed for humanitarian assistance. Read the article

 

logo-satnews - TSF RESPONDS..AFRICA'S FAMINE..NO RAIN FOR TWO YEARS, 28th July 2011
Crisis in the Horn of Africa: TSF intervenes in the Dadaab region, north-east Kenya. Read the article

 

France_Magazine- GOOD CONNECTIONS, July 2011
The founder of Télécoms Sans Frontières explains how phone calls can save lives, and how TSF first got started.
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- TSF INSTALLS VSAT ANTENNA WHILE LIBYA BURNS, 20th June 2011
 With no telecommunications Misrata, Libya, is twisting in turmoil. Once again a Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) team intervenes in the besieged town of Misrata, Libya where the fights between civilians and soldiers are growing. Read the article

logo_Ministere_des_Affaires_Etranges_et_Europeennes- SENDING A HUMANITARIAN PLANE, 13th April 2011
Personnel from 4 NGOs (La chaîne de l’espoir, HumaniTerra, Pharmacie & aide humanitaire and Télécoms Sans Frontières), who will provide assistance to the civilian populations in Libya, are also traveling on board the plane. Read the article

 

logo-satnews- TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES' COMMUNICATIONS LIBERATE LIBYANS, 28th March 2011
Finally... communications from the intrepid Télécoms Sans Frontières on the Libyan border. Read the article

ALJAZEERA - REFUGEES AIRLIFTED FROM TUNISIA, 4th March 2011

In another part of the camp, men waited for the chance to make a three-minute call home, thanks to Telecoms Sans Frontières (Telecoms Without Borders), a group donating the service. Read the article


 FoxNews- TENT CAMP, AIRLIFTS TO HELP LIBYAN REFUGEES, 4th March 2011

In midafternoon, new arrivals lined up for white bread, yogurt and water. In another part of the camp, men waited for the chance to make a three-minute call home, thanks to Telecommunications Without Borders, a group donating the service. Read the article

 

 USA_TODAY- TENT CAMP, AIRLIFTS TO HELP LIBYAN REFUGEES, 4th March 2011

In midafternoon, new arrivals lined up for white bread, yogurt and water. In another part of the camp, men waited for the chance to make a three-minute call home, thanks to Telecommunications Without Borders, a group donating the service. Read the article

 

 CBS_News_Worldjpg- TENT CAMP, AIRLIFTS TO HELP LIBYAN REFUGEES, 4th March 2011

In midafternoon, new arrivals lined up for white bread, yogurt and water. In another part of the camp, men waited for the chance to make a three-minute call home, thanks to Telecommunications Without Borders, a group donating the service. Read the article

 

guardian_logo- LIBYA FEARED TO BE PREVENTING MIGRANT WORKERS FROM LEAVING, 4th March 2011

A mobile hospital is in place and Télécoms Sans Frontières, a French NGO, has established a station where people are permitted to make a three minute call to anywhere in the world to let relatives know their whereabouts. Read the article

 

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- INTERVIEW OF TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES' FLORIAN VICHOT ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE LIBYAN BORDER, 4th March 2011

 

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- CALL THEIR COUNTRIES: AN URGENT NEED FOR THE REFUGEES ON THE LIBYAN BORDER, 4th March 2011

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- LE CAMP DE CHOUCHA, PREMIERE ETAPE DES TRAVAILLEURS ETRANGERS FUYANT LA LIBYE, 4th March 2011

Télécoms sans Frontières, une ONG française  et sa dizaine de volontaires - permet aux réfugiés d'appeler le numéro de leur choix sans français pendant trois minutes. La connection au réseau bangladais est la plus difficile à obtenir. Read the article

 

channel_4- LIBYAN EXODUS: I'M ALIVE....I'M IN TUNISIA, 3rd March 2011

This being the 21st century, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) are here with satellite phones and charge points for people to plug in their mobiles. The crowd around the chargers is quite small, because so many phones, they say, are stolen by Libyan authorities at the border. Read the article

 

The_Examiner- TENT CAMP, AIRLIFTS TO HELP LIBYAN REFUGEES, 3rd March 2011

In midafternoon, new arrivals lined up for white bread, yogurt and water. In another part of the camp, men waited for the chance to make a three-minute call home, thanks to Telecommunications Without Borders, a group donating the service. Read the article

 

logo_lexpress  - DES MILLIERS DE REFUGIES FUIENT LA LIBYE, 2nd March 2011

  Selon le Caire, environ 1,5 million d'Egyptiens travaillent en temps normal en Libye, où la communauté tunisienne est estimée à 50 000 personnes. Cet egyptien utilise un téléphone prêté par Télécoms Sans Frontières. Read the article

 

THELEGRAPH_UK- US SHIPS ARE MOVED TO WATERS CLOSER TO LIBYA AS THE WEST DEBATES MILITARY ACTION, 1st March 2011

An Egyptian man who fled the unrest in Libya talks on a phone provided by Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF ) at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing Ras Jdir. Read the article

 

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- TSF IN TUNISIA AND LIBYA OFFERS ORDER AMONG CHAOS, 1st March 2011

TSF has been deployed to the border between Tunisia and Libya since February 24th, at the Ras Jedir border post and in the transit camp of Choucha. Read the article

 

logo-tve- SPANISH REPORT ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE LIBYAN BORDER, 1st March 2011

 

 

RFI- A LA FRONTIERE TUNISIO-LIBYENNE, DES TUNISIENS VIENNENT EN AIDE AUX REFUGIES EGYPTIENS, 26th February 2011

Télécoms sans frontières propose aux réfugiés quelques minutes de télécommunications par satellite afin de rassurer les familles. Read the article

 

 


 

 

 2010

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- SMART, NDRRMC BENEFIT FROM TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES TRAINING, 20th Dec 2010

International relief agency Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF or Telecoms Without Borders) recently conducted an ICT Emergency Response training for Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) employees who are part of the telco's Emergency Communications Team as well as members of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Read the article

 

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- TSF'S SATELLITE SAVES LIVES AFTER TSUNAMI SWEEPS INDONESIA, 7th Nov 2010

In the aftermath of the devastating tsunami that swept the Mentawai island on October 25th, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) deployed to Indonesia at the request of the Office of the President of Indonesia and in coordination with ASEAN and BNPB (the Indonesian Government Disaster Management agency). Read the article


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- TSF STILL CALLING IN PAKISTAN - RECONNECTING FAMILIES (SATCOM), 9th Sept 2010

Reports from Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) in north western KPK Province and southern Sindh Province indicate that their calling operations are continuing. Read the article

 

logo-news-pk- FOREIGN TELECOM NGO HELPING FLOOD VICTIMS IN PAKISTAN, 6th Sept 2010

Télécoms Sans Frontières has been responding to the flood emergency since August 9. Read the article

 

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- ECUADOR ASISTIO A SEMINARIO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACION PARA EMERGENCIAS, 27th Aug 2010

La Comision Europea, a través de la ONG internacional Sin Fronteras Telecomunicaciones, realizo en Managua, Nicaragua del 23 al 27 de agosto, el Seminario "Tecnologias de Informacion y Comunicacion" - TIC. Read the article

 

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- TSF... TRAINS FOR THE WORST, HOPES FOR THE BEST, 26th Aug 2010

The European Commission, through the international NGO Télécoms Sans Frontières, is training in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) emergency organizations working throughout the region of Latin America. Read the article

 

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- INSTRUYE LA UE USO DE TELECOMUNICACIONES EN EMERGENCIAS, 23rd Aug 2010

La Comision Europea, a traves del organismo no gubernamental Telecom Sin Fronteras (TSF), inicio hoy en Nicaragua un seminario con el objetivo de fortalecer la respuesta mediante el uso de las telecomunicaciones en emergencias humanas. Read the article

 

BBC- HOW DISASTER RELIEF IS SAVING LIVES IN HAITI AND BEYOND, 17th July 2010

TSF's director, Monique Lanne-Petit, talks about TSF's efforts in Haiti, after the terrible eartquake that hit the country in January 2010.

 

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- HOW DISASTER RELIEF 2.0 IS SAVING LIVES IN HAITI AND BEYOND, 16th July 2010

Non-governement organisations such as Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) specialise in re-connecting devastated, cut-off communities to the outside world just hours after tragedy hits. Read the article

 

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- INTERVIEW OF TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES ABOUT ITS ACTION IN HAITI, 30th March 2010


 

 

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- INTERVIEW OF PAUL MARGIE, TSF REPRESENTATIVE IN WASHINGTON, 10th March 2010

 

 

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- HAITI - PHONING HOME, 26th March 2010

Re-establishing phone links is vital and so charity Télécoms Sans Frontières (Telecoms Without Borders) who perform this role, is among the first into any natural disaster zone. Read the article

 

logo-satnews- SIA, THEY WHO SERVE ARE TRULY WORTHY..., 21st March 2010

During SIA's leadership dinner, SIA honored Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) for its exceptional relief efforts during the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Read the article

 

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- COMMUNICATIONS IN CRISIS: ON THE GROUND IN HAITI WITH PAUL MARGIE OF TSFI, 23rd Feb 2010

The volunteers at Télécoms Sans Frontières International (a.k.a Telecoms Without Borders) are dedicated to bringing communications solutions to the aid workers and citizens who need it most. Read the article

 

logo-cast-TV- PAUL MARGIE ON COMMUNICATING IN CRISIS, 12th Feb 2010

Some NGO's like Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) or Telecom Without Borders provide NGO's and government the capacity to communicate using data and/or voice. Read the article

 

the-boston-globe - AGENCIES LAUNCH EFFORT TO AID QUAKE COMMUNICATIONS, 25th Jan 2010 Rescue efforts in Haiti will be hindered by a dire lack of telecommunications services. A French technology relief agency, Telecoms Sans Frontieres, or Telecoms Without Borders, has sent a team from Nicaragua, while another group is on the way from France. Read the article

 

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- HAITI: HELPING EARTHQUAKE STRUCK HAITIANS CONNECT WITH LOVED ONES, 25th Jan 2010

Since January 13, ECHO's partner, Télécoms Sans Frontières, has been providing communications support to humanitarian organisations at the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) coordination camp and at the UN centre at Port-au-Prince airport. Read the article

logo-echo- A VIDEO FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S HUMANITARIAN AID DEPARTMENT, 22nd Jan 2010
The European Commission, through its Humanitarian Aid Department ECHO, reacted quickly to the earthquake in Haiti allocating 30 million euros to its humanitarian partners on the ground.

 

logo-euronews- THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACTS FOR LONG TERM PROJECTS IN HAITI, 21st Jan 2010

 


discovery_news- BRINGING CONNECTIVITY TO A DEVASTATED HAITI, 14th Jan 2010

"Telecoms isn't a luxury in emergency response. It's core to the mission", says Paul Margie, U.S. representative for the group Télécoms Sans Frontières, or TSF. Read the article

 

USA_TODAY- HAITI QUAKE SEVERELY STRAINS TELECOM SERVICES, 14th Jan 2010

"The logistics and the security situation are really bad", says Paul Margie, U.S. representative for international relief organization Télécoms Sans Frontières (Telecommunications Without Borders). Read the article

 

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- FACTBOX: COUNTRIES, AID AGENCIES SEEKING TO HELP HAITI, 13th Jan 2010

Télécoms Sans Frontières, a humanitarian group that helps set up communications during disasters, deployed an emergency team from Managua to provide vital support in emergency telecommunications. Read the article

 

wpost- TELECOM NON-PROFIT SENDS TEAMS TO HAITI, 13th Jan 2010

The French nonprofit Télécoms Sans Frontières is sending two teams of responders to Haiti to help facilitate communications as rescue workers dig through the country's earthquake-battered capital. Read the article

 

 


2009

 

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- MEET TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES, USING TECH FOR DISASTER RELIEF, 15th Oct 2009

When the founders of Télécoms Sans Frontières, Monique Lanne-Petit and Jean-François Cazenave, visited Washington DC on October 14th, they had the privilege of being shown around the White House and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). They were invited by White House and FCC officials to share their experiences of humanitarian activities. Read the article

 

 


2008

 

logo-pri-bbc- BBC-PRI, 19th Sept 2008

 A TSF responder reports from cyclone stricken Gonaives in Haiti. Haiti was hit by 4 consecutive cyclones leaving the 300,000 inhabitants of Gonaives in desperate need of assistance.

 

 

et - COMMS DISASTER RELIEF. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE, 9th Aug - 5th Sept 2008

Telecommunication networks are among the first things to be swept away by earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, mudslides and floods. Ten years ago, in June 1998, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) was born with a simple mission - to help individuals and rescue organisations through the early days of a disaster. Read the article

 

guardian_logo - ONE MAN'S VISION PROVES A LIFELINE IN CONFLICT ZONES AND DISASTERS, 26th Aug 2008

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logo-telecom-tv- Telecom TV, July 2008

 TSF celebrates its 10th Anniversary in Clairefontaine-Paris and the founders thank our partners for their support.

 

 

financial_times- COMMUNICATIONS IS KEY IN DISASTER RELIEF, 3rd July 2008

How can aid workers communicate effectively, with each other as well as the victims and the outside world? A new organisation is working to solve the problem. Télécoms Sans Frontières was founded in June 1998 by two aid workers, Monique Lanne-Petit and Jean-François Cazenave, after their experience of working with Kosovan refugees. Read the article 

 

BBC - TSF TELECOM CENTERS IN EMERGENCIES, 6th May 2008

How Télécoms Sans Frontières helps humanitarian workers remain connected during emergencies.

 


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- OISIN WALTON EXPLAINS WHAT IS A TSF TRAINING IN EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS, 6th May 2008

 



 


2007

 

economist- TELECOMMANDOS DISASTERS AND TELECOMS, 4th Apr 2007

A tiny NGO shows the way. You don't have to be big to make a difference... Read the article

 

 

 


2006

 

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- NGO TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES SIGNS PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED NATIONS, 11th Oct 2006
The Non governmental organization Télécoms sans frontéres (TSF) signed a partnership with the United Nations to become the telecommunications "First Responder" in emergencies, the organization announced in a press release. Read the article


logo-tr- Telecommunications Reports - "MORE TELECOM COMPANIES SHOULD ASSIST IN HUMANITARIAN MISSION", NGO Chief Says, 5th Oct 2006
While industry often donates medicine and food to agencies responding to disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis, the importance of establishing communications links at such times has been overlooked, and telecom companies should become more active in assisting such efforts, the president of a non-governmental organization (NGO) that dispatches telecom teams across the globe in emergencies said today. Read the article

 

logo-telecom-tv- Telecom TV, 8th Sept 2006

TSF's deployment to Lebanon in response to the conflit in 2006. We installed communication centres for aid agencies and provided free calls to affected civilians.

 

businessweek- TELECOM'S GEEKSQUAD TO THE RESCUE, 17th July 2006
Asked to name of specialists known for swooping into disaster zones to deliver relief, many of us could come up with Doctors Without Borders. But Telecoms Without Borders? Read the article

 

 


2005

 

TimesOnline-logo- TELECOM CHARITY FORGES LINKS FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS, 3rd Jan 2005
The initiative was the work of Télécoms sans Frontières (TSF), a new charity backed by companies including Vodafone, Cable & Wireless and Inmarsat.With fixed-line and mobile networks down, the victims in many of the tsunami-struck regions ... Read the article

 

 


2004

 

logo-channel-news-asia- Asian tsunami, Dec 2004

A series of news stories on TSF's work in Sri Lanka and Indonesia after the Asian Tsunami, one of the most terrible natural disasters ever. Includes French and English media.

 

 

itp- TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES SETS UP IN IRAN, 7th Jan 2004

 Humanitarian group, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), has responded to the earthquake in Iran by setting up a centre to help other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to co-ordinate their relief efforts... Read the article

 

 

 


2000

 

guardian_logo- PHONES WITHOUT FRONTIERS, 12th Dec 2000

A new charity has recognised that for people in disaster areas communication can be almost as vital as food. Read the article

 

 

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