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Vodafone Qatar has reiterated its commitment to making technology accessible to all on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which will be observed today. |
To ensure its ongoing support to people with special needs, Vodafone provides an accessibility discount of 20% on a number of 3G- and 4G-enabled handsets with accessibility features, the company said in a statement.
Any customer showing their Mada ID (ID provided by the Qatar Assistive Technology Centre) is eligible to receive the discount.
Vodafone is also continuously looking at new ways to make its website further accessible to everyone, the statement added. To that effect, the company has built and keeps updating its website based on the international standards of web accessibility. This enables people with disabilities to access and make best use of the website.
Through these standards, people can easily navigate, understand the content of the site, use accessibility tools tailored to their disability and interact accordingly.
Vodafone Qatar has set a number of guidelines provided by Vodafone Group that are used as a basis for its website and that cover accessibility principles. The company is also working with Mada locally to complete the path to achieve Mada certification.
Dana Haidan, head of corporate social responsibility and sustainability at Vodafone Qatar, said: “The number of people excluded from mobile communications due to profound disabilities is relatively small, but the potential benefits of using technology to improve quality of life are substantial.”
Recently in Qatar, Vodafone addressed a host of industry speakers at TecShare Middle East 2014, organised by Mada.
