We're in the telecoms business in the Philippines.

As well as the UK gas transmission network, Lattice Group owned a telecoms business known as 186k.

"I remain singularly unpersuaded that the media business and the telecoms business go together," Mr. Angus said.

In October 1999 Racal decided to sell its telecoms business to the American communications group, Global Crossing, for £1bn.

It sold its telecoms business, Your Communications in 2006, and Vertex in March 2007.

A spokesman for the telecoms business said: "The patents in question relate to technologies which underpin location-based services, navigation and guidance information and personalised access to services and content.

Its telecoms business was separated into a product house and a systems integration business.

Its commercial telecoms business provides both SMS and IVR telecoms services to all of RTÉ's broadcast services and channels.

At the actual meeting, Miggy was announced as the officer in charge of the telecoms business.

He was accused of conflicts of interest due to his family's continued holdings in Shin Corporation, the telecoms business that he founded prior to becoming Premier.