Telecommunications
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the telecommunications industry.
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12-21-06
Nokia and Brian Eno Pair Up for Two Great Causes
Espoo, Finland - Nokia and composer Brian Eno today announced a charity auction to benefit two of Brian's favourite organisations - the Keiskamma Aids Treatment program and The World Land Trust. Starting on January 8th 2007 and ending on Febuary 12th 2007, a total of ten Nok...
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11-09-06
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Gives Intel 2006 Corporate Stewardship Award
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2006--Intel Corporation has received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center's annual Corporate Stewardship Award, recognizing the highest ideals of corporate stewardship as evidenced by the integration of compan...
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11-08-06
New Report Reveals Potential for the World's Poor to Bank Through Mobile Phones
Vodafone Group, with the permission of The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), today publishes a report that reveals the economic and social benefits being created by mobile banking (m-banking) amongst the world's poorest communities.
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10-10-06
Nokia and Plan Give a Voice to Africa's Youth
Espoo, Finland - Nokia and international children's organisation, Plan, have joined forces to use modern communications technologies in Africa to raise children's awareness of their rights and opportunities. Nokia has provided an initial donation of 1 million Euros for 2006....
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09-20-06
Intel Chairman Unveils the World's Most Remote Digital City; Amazon Effort Marks Global Movement to Bring Technology to the Next Billion People
PARINTINS, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2006--In one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, the Amazon, Intel Corporation has created a wireless, high-speed Internet network for residents to access vast resources of medical, educational and commercial knowledge ...
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08-28-06
Nokia and Pearson Foundation Renew Commitment to Support Schools, Teachers, and Students Along the Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS - Nokia and the Pearson Foundation, the philanthropic arm of publisher Pearson (NYSE:PSO) today announced plans to extend their digital arts program to Gulf Coast classrooms beginning this September.
The Mobile Learning Institute D...
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07-28-06
Intel Funds Children's PBS Series That Aims to Do for Engineering What 'The Apprentice' Did for Business
BOSTON, MA -WGBH Boston is pleased to announce that Intel Corporation and the Intel ® Foundation will be underwriting Design Squad, WGBH's upcoming live-action series for kids. Design Squad is something new on the block--it's aimed at 9- to 12-year-olds, it borrows fr...
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06-30-06
AT&T Helps Connect Military Families for Independence Day, Supports Military Families with Free Phone Calls and Entertainment; Donates Second 10,000 of 30,000 Prepaid Phone Cards to U.S. Military
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2006--AT&T Inc.(NYSE: T) announced today that, in honor of Independence Day, it will work with the United Service Organizations (USO) to distribute an additional 10,000 free prepaid phone cards to U.S. military members overseas in...
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06-30-06
ReportAlert! Telefónica publishes 2005 Corporate Responsibility Report
Telefónica has published its 2005 Corporate Responsibility Report, available at http://www.telefonica.es/corporateresponsibility/
The report seeks answers to four questions:
Does Telefónica drive economic progr...
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06-23-06
ReportAlert! Vodafone Publishes CR Report 2006
Vodafone's latest Corporate Responsibility Report outlines the progress the mobile communications company has made towards achieving the objectives of its five-year corporate responsibility strategy, and discusses how Vodafone decides which issues are most material to its bu...
