FIJI's mobile phone company Vodafone Fiji offered its assistance to send out SMS messages to its customers warning of a possible tsunami but was told by a government official not to bother.
Vodafone Fiji Value Added Services product manager Winston Penjueli said when the early warning came out on Monday, he called Mineral Resources Department Mineral Development director Ifereimi Dau to offer their services in sending out a broadcast to the whole 290,000 customers in Fiji, free of charge as a community service.
"He (Mr Dau) said they were still monitoring it but didn't feel there was a need," Mr Penjueli said.
"He knew it wouldn't affect us at all."
"He said not to send any now but they were still monitoring it and it wasn't a threat."
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