Sprint Waives Customer Fees for Calls and Texts to Nepal
April 27 2015 - 10:32AM
Business Wire
To aid customers in making critical contact with family, friends
and emergency personnel after the devastating earthquake in Nepal,
Sprint (NYSE: S) is waiving and crediting calls and text messages
made by Sprint customers to Nepal – retroactive from April 25 and
continuing through May 16, 2015. Calling and texting to Nepal
without charges applies to all postpaid and prepaid customers of
Sprint, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA.
During times of emergency, it has been shown that text messages
may go through when calling capabilities aren't available and may
help free up networks for critical communication between first
responders, other emergency personnel and aid workers.
Additionally, Sprint will waive standard text-messaging fees for
various Nepal disaster-relief short codes and mobile-donation
campaigns starting today until May 16, including:
- Text “REDCROSS” to “90999” to donate
$10 on behalf of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
- Text “WFP” to “50555” to donate $10 on
behalf of UN World Food Program.
- Text “NEPAL” to “20222” to donate $10
on behalf of Save the Children.
- Text "NEPAL" to “864233” to donate $10
on behalf of UNICEF.
"Wireless communications is essential in relief and recovery
efforts,” said Doug Michelman, senior vice president of Corporate
Relations for Sprint. "We hope our contributions can aid in keeping
loved ones and aid workers connected during this difficult
time.”
The Sprint Foundation will also match all Sprint employee
contributions made through May 16, 2015 to the American Red Cross
International Response Fund.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that
creates more and better ways to connect its customers to the things
they care about most. Sprint served nearly 56 million connections
as of Dec. 31, 2014, and is widely recognized for developing,
engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the
first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United
States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin Mobile USA,
Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and
international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past four years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
SprintMarci VerBrugge-Rhind,
913-794-6319Marci.j.verbrugge@sprint.com
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