UAE Regulators Discuss Mobile Spam Problems

Published on: 6th Sep 2012

­The UAE's telecoms regulator and its counterpart at the National Media Council are examining ways of curbing mobile spam messages.

A meeting between the two bodies held last week emphasized the need to adhere to regulatory policy regarding "spam and electronic communication" issued by the TRA on 30 December 2009, "annex" electronic SPAM messages through mobile".

Mohammad Nasser Al-Ghanim, TRA Director General  said: "The TRA gives great importance to this aspect in the telecommunications sector in the UAE therefore, has issued the necessary legislation to reflect the roles of both licensees "Etisalat" and "du" in reducing the phenomenon of spam promotional, and the TRA created mechanism for that to allow those affected to report spam as instructed operators to provide the necessary technical resources that prevent access such messages to users and prevent the recurrence of access if the user reporting ".

Al Ghanim added "the TRA is keen to emphasize on the need to take the prior approval of the target before sending marketing messages via mobile phone, noting that regulatory policy established by the TRA in this regard stipulates to respect the individual privacy and prohibits sending marketing messages via mobile phone between 9 pm and 7 am."

The meeting comes after complaints about intrusive marketing text messages from the public and it aims to apply regulatory policy by the Authority to reduce send marketing messages without the consent of users.

 

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