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Spend Re 1 on an SMS, save life!

October 03, 2012 17:02 IST

SMSVodafone on Wednesday launched a service on SMS that allows customers to find blood donors or become a blood donor through SMS.

All the user needs to do is, send an SMS 'BLOOD' to 55444 and find a donor or become a donor by replying as per the instructions in 2-3 easy steps, a company statement said.

To avail of this

service, search results are narrowed down to the user's pin code.

Users will be charged Re 1/SMS for this service, the statement added.

This innovative service is supported by Innoz who have partnered with IndianBlooddonors.com.

Blood requirements are increasing exponentially on a daily basis and with this service; Vodafone users can search for blood donors and also become a donor using SMS.