Articles tagged with: Acma and Premium Sms

Australian Regulator Clamps Down on Premium SMS Abuse

Australia's Communications and Media Authority has announced plans to increase consumer protection when dealing with premium short message services (SMS). The acma plans to mandate a minimum set of standards and a "significantly improved" industry-developed code that sets out detailed rules and procedures for a number of matters.  more

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Australian Regulator Proposes Changes to Mobile Content Regulation

..and draft instruments can be found at the ACMA website.  more

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Australian Regulator Publishes Mobile Chat Regulations

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a guide for mobile chat providers on how to make their services safer for children. The Guide recognises the benefits that mobile chat services can bring for communications and social networking, but also provides information on the small but real risk of mobile chat services being used to facilitate illegal contact between children and adults. more

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