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O2 gives 100% of text donations to UK charities

Towards the end of last year, O2 became the first UK network to pass on 90p for every £1 donated to charity by SMS. (The remaining 10% covered network and third party costs). This move was echoed by a number of other network operators.

It's now giving 100% of text donations to UK charities by covering the costs itself.

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Imagine Communications buys Clearwire's WiMax operation in Ireland

Imagine Communications Group, which is already rolling out '4G' WiMax mobile broadband technology across Ireland, has acquired the Irish operations of US-based rival Clearmax. Imagine expects its WiMax network to cover 90% of Ireland within two years.

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Quarterly results for LG Electronics

LG Electronics has announced results for the three-month period ending 30th June 2010. It reported sales of KRW 14.4 trillion (around £7.8 billion) and operating profit of KRW 126 billion (around £68.1 million). Net profit was down 33% year-on-year.

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Next-generation mobile spectrum auction planned for 2011

UK Minister for Communications, Ed Vaizey, has today launched a programme of measures for radio spectrum modernisation. It's a simplified version of plans that were proposed by the previous Government but didn't become law due to the General Election.

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Cellcrypt launches secure conference calls for mobile phone users

Secure mobile voice calling provider Cellcrypt has launched a secure conference call service. As well as encrypting the voice call to prevent unauthorised 'listening in', it also authenticates each device to ensure that only authorised people can join the call.

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