Humanitarian Relief Charity Flies Telecoms Experts to Peru Earthquake Region

Lima and the coastline of Peru were shaken on Wednesday evening by a massive quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale. The telecoms relief charity, Telecoms Sans Frontieres's (TSF) European and Latin American bases are on stand-by and have followed this situation from the first hours.

TSF provides emergency telecoms in disaster regions to assist other aid agencies communicate with their central bases - and enable local residents contact friends and family to let them know they are safe.

As telecoms in the earthquake region have been reported as seriously damaged, TSF is rushing to send a team from the base at Managua, Nicaragua. This first team touched down in Lima yesterday afternoon so that they can be transported as soon as possible to the affected zones.

TSF's Emergency relief team will transport satellite communication equipment (Terminal Inmarsat BGan, RBGan, GAN M4 and Mini M)as well as computer equipment, so that if the need exists they can set up one or several communication centers to provide internet connections, telephone lines and fax.

Depending on the progress of the situation in the following hours, TSF will be able to send reinforcements from its American and European bases.

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Posted to the site on 16th August 2007