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Text Donations for Pakistan flood appeal

Pakistan Floods Appeal

Text 70707 with the word GIVE to donate £5. A standard network rate charge will apply.

Over 1,000 people are reported to have died with that number likely to rise as more information becomes available. About 2.5 million people are believed to have been affected by the floods which may worsen as further rain falls and water moves downstream. In the aftermath of the floods there is a serious risk to survivors from potentially deadly diseases which will spread as a result of contaminated surface and drinking water.

BBC Picture Messaging Day

BBC Radio 1 team-up with The Mobile Data Association to give listeners free picture messaging day

On Friday 11th December 2009, listeners in the United Kingdom can send free picture messages to the BBC Radio 1 messaging number (81199), for a chance to see their images featured on the BBC Radio 1 website.

Ocado, the UK’s leading internet based grocer, prides itself on delivering high quality goods along with a high quality service. In the competitive retail environment, Ocado turned to Esendex to help stay one step ahead of the game and become the UK’s first online grocer to implement enhanced text messaging services.
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3D TV: a mobile solution?

With under two months until the FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa, sporting and technology excitement is reaching fever pitch. The tournament promises to demonstrate the range of ways football content can be consumed both on compact mobile devices and on larger screens across the world.

Three generations of MDA Chairmen examine the evolution of sporting media content and the impact of new technologies in this item. (This item can also be viewed in the MDA blog at http://blog.themda.org/?p=387 on LinkedIn in the MDA discussion group.

9 March 2010
Dialogue Appoints Regulator as Compliance Manager

Mobile messaging and mobile payments specialists Dialogue Communications has appointed Alex Crisp, formerly Investigations Executive at PhonepayPlus (the agent appointed by Ofcom to regulate paid-for telecoms services in the UK) to be its new Compliance Manager.

The Mobile Data Association delivers dedicated Charity SMS Short Codes and introduces a framework for managing donations through mobile network operators

London, United Kingdom – July 27th 2009
The Mobile Data Association, the not-for-profit mobile trade association, has today announced a major breakthrough for the UK charity sector for donations via mobile. The move means charitable donations sent to a dedicated short code will have the VAT waived for registered charities.

The new framework means charities of all sizes will be able to receive an additional 15% (standard rate of VAT) for donations sent via text message. In the past this has only happened for large national charitable events such as Comic Relief.

Market Analysts 2009

The MDA's 2009 Market Analysts Event will be held on 25th March at City University. The agenda can be seen here. Attendance is free to MDA members or £75 to non-members. Members can register online and non-members can pay online and register here. Full details of the event on our events page.

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15th January

Following the successful use of charity short codes for the Children in Need appeal (see news story here), text donations are now available for the Disasters Emergency Committee's Haiti appeal.

Operated via UK Aggregator Mobile Interactive Group, you can donate £5 by texting GIVE to 70077 from your UK mobile phone. £5 goes to DEC. Each participant pays £5 plus their standard network charge.

Internships for Masters Students

November 2009
The School of Informatics at City University London is seeking internship positions for students on its Masters courses, including Geographic Information Science, and Information Systems and Technology.

* Internships may last up to six months, and take place at the end of the taught part of the course ;

* Internships will be advertised to students between Feb and Mar 2010, interviews and offers will be made in Apr and internships will start in Jun/Jul;

* Organisations are encouraged to pay the students (salary, fee or expenses) but this is not a requirement;

* We currently have 80 postgraduate students who are interested in internships;.

If you think your organisation could benefit from participating in the scheme, then find out more by following the link below,

http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/organisation/pl/pg_internships

or email City University's Professional Liaison Unit at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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