{"id":129912,"date":"2016-07-13T11:46:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T09:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=129912"},"modified":"2016-07-13T11:46:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T09:46:48","slug":"cell-c-launches-panic-button-app-for-r45-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/129912\/cell-c-launches-panic-button-app-for-r45-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell C launches &#8216;panic button&#8217; app for R45 per month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cellfind has partnered with Cell C to deliver Cell C MiAssist, a value added service (VAS) mobile application to allow subscribers instant access to emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>Cell C MiAssist is available as a mobile application on iOS and Android.<\/p>\n<p>Available at R45 per month for Cell C contract customers, the app provides a wide range of emergency services which include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panic buttons<\/strong>: With a single push of a button or call to the emergency response centre, customers can call for help in the event of a medical emergency, home invasion or car hijacking. In a medical emergency, the crisis manager will immediately dispatch a road or air ambulance to provide life support and take the patient to the nearest hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Cellfind\u2019s location-based (LBS) technology allows the caller\u2019s cellphone to send assistance by reaching the contact centre, which provides the location of the emergency.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>home assist<\/strong> feature helps customers deal with home emergencies and also provides a list of emergency plumbers, electricians etc. when an urgent action needs to be taken to minimise damage to the home.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle assist service assists a stranded motorist \u2013 from changing a tyre, rescuing keys from inside a locked vehicle, or repairing minor problems such as blown fuses or broken fan belts.<\/p>\n<p>With Cell C MiAssist\u2019s <strong>driver assist<\/strong>, subscribers can book a driver to drive them and their car home safely after an evening out.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>legal assist<\/strong> benefit gives customers 24\/7 access to qualified lawyers and legal consultants.<\/p>\n<p>The service also provides some basic legal documents for free (lease agreement, power-of-attorney, will, domestic employment agreement, ante-nuptial agreement).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Cell C<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/129686\/over-one-million-mvno-customers-for-cell-c\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Over one million MVNO customers for Cell C<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/118985\/cell-c-launches-uncapped-fibre-to-the-home\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cell C launches uncapped fibre-to-the-home<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/117868\/cell-c-running-at-a-r3-8-billion-loss-shareholder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Shareholder alleges Cell C running at a big loss: report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cellfind has partnered with Cell C to deliver Cell C MiAssist, a value added service (VAS) mobile application to allow subscribers instant access to emergency services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":118991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[25,42,2905],"class_list":["post-129912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-active","tag-cell-c","tag-cellfind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129914,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129912\/revisions\/129914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}