MTS and "Life button" create a system of emergency throughout the country

Operator MTS and the winner of the contest "Telecom Idea" 2011 Project "button of Life" signed a memorandum on joint initiatives in the areas of emergency assistance to the population of the country in critical situations. The cooperation will expand the geography of "Button Life" and the active dissemination through regional social organization of specialized devices for remote monitoring of the older generation in need of constant care. MTS will deliver before the end of the year about 100 thousand SIM-cards to equip handheld devices, which are organized on the basis of a system emergency "button of Life", and organizes a "hot line" for users "Buttons Life" for communication with the control center service. Draft " Key of Life "is a comprehensive service to ensure the response in case of emergency call: service user acquires a special portable device equipped with alarm button, and if you need assistance with the touch of a button sends a signal to the control room service. Experts dispatch center, depending on the situation, provide the necessary response action: send an ambulance, emergency or other services on the user's location service, and notify relatives about the emergency. Managers - qualified medical personnel - may also advise the user with its specific medical indications that with the consent of the patient are recorded in a questionnaire at the conclusion of the contract. To connect to the service "Key of Life" can be used by two types of devices: a device installed in a house with GSM module or a specially equipped mobile phone. Stationary home device is equipped with emergency call button, to him also included phone and pendant with a fall sensor. Pendant reacts to the movement of people and in the case of sudden changes alone sends an alarm signal to the support center "Keys of Life." Feedback function speakerphone allows the operator to find out if everything is OK with the person and, if necessary, to send help. In addition, the system can be supplemented with water leakage sensors, smoke and gas in the room. specially equipped mobile phone with big buttons and large print text on the screen is also fitted with an optional alarm button that provides quick call around the clock dispatch service. The device can also be used as a conventional mobile phone. The phone also installed a remote location-based mobile technology LBS. In an emergency, the system can determine where the signal was sent, and promptly responding to dispatch service. Draft "button Life" has developed graduate business school "Skolkovo" Dmitry Yurchenko and Irina Linnik. The project has received support from the operator and has now evolved into an independent business with which MTS collaborates with a partner. At the moment, users' keys of life "are about ten thousand subscribers. The service is provided in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the Republic of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, Novosibirsk, Volgograd and Perm. Equipment providing the job "Buttons Life" is from 2900 rubles, the monthly fee for the maintenance of the service ranges from 580 rubles.