
Serval allows users to communicate when the usual mobile phone network is unavailable, as in disaster situations, remote areas without infrastructure or political unrest that results in communication blackouts.
Funding to date
2016
$101,573
12 months
Total Funding: $101,573
Addressed problems
- Technical attacks against government critics, journalists, and/or human rights organizations (Cyberattacks)
- Localized or nationwide communications shut down or throttling (Blackouts)
- Repressive surveillance or monitoring of communication
Objective(s)
- Deploying technology
- Software or hardware development
- Technology development
Beneficiaries
- General public
- Activists
- Journalists
- Advocacy groups/NGOs
Region(s) archive
- Global
Technology attributes
- Application deployment