Articles tagged with: Sms Spam and Acma

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

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