January 4, 2005
UK Relief tasks for text messaging
Customers of all six mobile phone carriers in Britain can make donations to disaster relief funds for the areas hit by the Asian tsunamis by sending a text message, the companies said, reports the IHT.
"It is the first time the networks have joined up to enable text donations, they said.
Customers of 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile or Vodafone can send the message "DONATE" to 83321, and £1.50, or $2.86, is added to their bill or deducted from their credit.
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The money sent by SMS is donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee of Britain, of which Oxfam and the British Red Cross are members, the companies said."
Related:
-- Roundup of tsunami relief SMS fund raising campaigns around the world
-- Links to all Tsunami/cell phone stories posted in Textually.org.
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