Articles tagged with: Premium Sms and Text Message

Premium SMS Scratchcard Vendor Fined for Misleading Promotions

The UK's premium rate telephony regulator, PhonepayPlus has slapped a £100,000 fine on a company that used scratchcards to promote a premium SMS service. Abstract Games (trading as Mediaprom) has also been barred from providing or operating any scratchcard services for six months, except those for which compliance advice has been sought and implemented to PhonepayPlus' satisfaction.  more

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Operators Miss Out on US$4.9 Billion Additional SMS Revenue Each Year

However, there are many applications that could potentially be introduced to consumers through SMS. If the subscriber is able to use SMS to interact with their device in a more efficient, more enjoyable or more productive way, then they will be willing to pay a small additional fee for those SMS messages. The subscriber will accept that these messages fall outside of the 'free' text bundles, or add on a new bundle to their service plan; SMS messages are one of the few services that the user will always know how to use on their mobile phone. more

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