Nokia Life Tools
Nokia life tools are the services developed for agriculture, education and entertainment which were available in local languages. These services were used in India and Indonesia and were only available on Nokia Phones. Nokia life tool give information on weather, agriculture tips &techniques and market prices to the farmers in order to help them to improve productivity and earnings.
Nokia Life is an SMS based, subscription information service designed for emerging markets which offers a wide range of information services covering healthcare, agriculture, education and entertainment. The service is currently available in India, Indonesia, China and Nigeria. As of April 2011, over 15 million people have experienced NLT services in these four countries.
Nokia Life Tools was preceded by a pilot called Mera Nokia, in the state of Maharashtra in India in early 2009. After the successful pilot, a wider commercial deployment of the service under the name Nokia Life Tools began in India in June 2009. The first two supported devices were the Nokia 2323 Classic and Nokia 2330 Classic devices, English and the services in India supported 11 local languages. The service has later been expanded to Indonesia in November 2009, China in May 2010 and Nigeria in November 2010.
The agricultural part of the service consists of localized information including weather conditions, advice about crop cycles, general tips and techniques, as well as market prices for crops. Farmers in the pilot scheme said getting daily prices on their phones reduced their dependency on agents for basic information, enabling them to negotiate with greater confidence.
Website: http://foundationchange.org/nokia-life-tools/
Documentation: http://agrilinks.org/sites/default/files/resource/files/Nokia_Life_profile.pdf
Countries: India, Indonesia, China, Nigeria