A mobile phone communications system that doesn’t need towers is being developed at Adelaide’s Flinders University.The Serval Project was inspired by the 2010 Haiti earthquake in which the phone network crashed as infrastructure went down.To read this AAP report in full, see:
www.computerworld.com.au/article/399324/mobile_phones_without_towers_coming_soon/
www.techworld.com.au/article/399324/mobile_phones_without_towers_coming_soon/
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/mobile-phones-without-towers-coming-soon-20110901-1jmqr.html
www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/mobile-phones-without-towers-coming-soon-20110901-1jmqr.html