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Articles tagged with: Sms Spam
Australian Firms Blocked from Sending SMS Spam
The Australian telecoms regulator, ACMA has won an intermediate (interlocutory) court order against three companies that it accuses of sending SMS spams. The ACMA alleges, among other things, that Mobilegate, Winning Bid and International Machinery Parts (now deregistered) sent or caused unsolicited SMS messages to be sent to Australian mobile telephone numbers via premium rate telephone shortcodes. more
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Australian Firm Warned to Stop Sending Spam SMS
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a formal warning to PR Marketing and Media Group Pty Ltd, a mobile telephone subscription chat service, for allegedly contravening the Spam Act 2003. more
Related Tags: sms, optus, spam, australian-communications-and-media-authority, acma, Australia
Pakistani Operator Blocking Spam SMSs
Pakistan Mobile Communications, better known as Mobilink GSM, has deployed TekelecÃ's TekMedia AntiSpam Firewall Solution to try and block SMS spam messages being sent to its subscribers. more
Related Tags: sim-card, sms, spam, memory, mobilink, Pakistan
China Mobile Clamps Down on SMS Spam
China Mobile has announced that it will block marketing SMSs from seven advertising companies following a recent outcry about SMS spam in the country. It was recently claimed that 80% of all SMS spam originated from just the one company, Focus Wireless, a subsidiary of US listed Focus Media. more
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One Company Accused of Sending 80% of Chinese Spam SMS
Some eighty percent of SMS spam in China is sent by just one company reports the Beijing Morning Post citing China Central Television's (CCTV) televised World Consumer Day ceremony. Focus Wireless, a subsidiary of US listed Focus Media has acquired several small companies in preparation for a separate stock listing and the loosely controlled subsidiaries may be responsible for the spam, explained Focus Wireless vice president Ji Hairong. more
Mobile Operators Brace for Global Surge in Mobile Messaging Abuse
Messaging security firm, Cloudmark has published the results of its research into mobile messaging abuse trends in Asia, North America and Europe which point to a precipitous rise in mobile spam, phishing and virus attacks in 2008. more
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SMS As Business Tool on the Rise in South Africa
The use of SMS for business purposes shows widespread adoption within the South African market, according to a pilot study commissioned by BulkSMS.com in July 2006. 95% of respondents reported receiving business communications via SMS while 75% received email communications for business purposes. The study compared the experiences of Internet savvy South African consumers who are also mobile phone users. The study was conducted by Webchek using their SMS channel to conduct the research. more
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Enhanced Spam Filtering Could Block Independent Ringtone Suppliers
Jinny Software is launching a Spam Control Centre product, which directly addresses a fundamental mobile phone spamming issue, by allowing operators to automatically detect and block all types of unwanted content and harmful SMS and MMS traffic from any foreign network. This is unlike traditional SMSC filters that only filter SMS spam from on-network traffic. The SMS support enhancement includes all traffic passing through the Spam Control Centre, whether to, or from, foreign SMSCs. All MMS traffic is filtered by the solution, with MM1, MM3, MM4 and MM7 interfaces being supported. more
Related Tags: m1, mms, spam, virus, ringtone, symbian, smsc
Ericsson Offers Mobile Antivirus Solution
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Ericsson said Friday it is offering the industry's first mobile antivirus solution specifically designed for operator environments. more
Jinny Software has launched SMS and MMS spam blocker for operators. The Jinny Spam Control Centre offers SPAM filtering to reduce the occurrence of message spamming and helps maintain the required reputation of an Operators' Network. The Content filtering functionality blocks value added content like pictures and ring-tones from non-network partners and protects the Operators revenues. Operators can also apply key word filters to all network traffic enabling the censorship of messages or the possibility, if required, to track threatening messages. more