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Articles tagged with: Spam and Sms
Vodafone Hutchison Australia Warned for Breaching Anti-Spam Laws
..lecoms regulator after it supported an SMS marketing campaign that breached the country's anti-spam laws. The Australian Communications and Media Authority accepted enforceable undertakings from three companies - Vodafone Hutchison Australia ( more
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Injunctions Granted Against Australian SMS Spammers
..ning injunctions and declarations against a number of parties involved in the ACMA's first SMS spam case before the Federal Court. The matter relates to the sending of unsolicited commercial SMS messages. Justice Logan gave default judgment on 1 more
Related Tags: acma, text-messaging, three, Australia
Thai Operators Start Blocking Spam SMS
Thailand's three main mobile network operators are to cooperate on blocking SMS spam being sent over their networks. The three GSM based networks, AIS, DTAC and True Move are to spend THB 30 million (US$880,000) on anti-spam software to filter messages sent between their three networks. more
Related Tags: ais, dtac, true-move, text-messaging, base, three, Thailand
First SMS Worm Detected to Infect Smartphones
..n about the phone to its makers who then use this information to send SMS spam. "Sexy View is important in many ways," Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure's Chief Research Officer said. "It is the first text message worm ever. It's also the fir more
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Australian Firm Warned to Stop Sending Spam SMS
..with the Spam Act by SMS marketers has been integral to raising awareness of SMS spam amongst the general public and the business community," said Chris Chapman, ACMA Chairman. In other recent outcomes relating to SMS, ACMA has issued infri more
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Australian SMS Firm Agrees to Abide by Anti-Spam Laws
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Oxygen8 Communications, after investigating complaints under the spam Act 2003 that commercial messages in the form of SMS were sent by content providers using Oxygen8 CommunicationsÃ' technology platforms. more
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Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn
.. from potential security threats such as mobile fraud, spam and viruses." The study was carried out by comScore M:Metrics. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-messaging, comscore, eu, text-messages, UK
South African Operator Orders SMS Anti-Spam Platform
South African mobile operator, Cell C has ordered an anti-spam service for its SMS platform from Airwide Solutions, along with a capacity boosting router. Cell C, South AfricaÃ's smallest mobile phone operator, is making the investment to be better prepared for the festive season peaks in SMS traffic as well as to address the rising global prevalence of mobile spam. more
Related Tags: rsa, cell-c, South Africa
mBlox Fined for Sending SMS Spam
Mobile billing provider, mBlox has paid a penalty of AU$11,000 (US$7,153) after the Australian Communications and Media Authority issued it with an infringement notice for alleged contraventions of the spam Act 2003. more
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Operators Should Control - Not Ban - Data Roaming Services
..at is being delivered over their network to the user, in terms of blocking spam and viruses, and in the case of vulnerable users, inappropriate or intimidating messages and imagery. They should also make steps to better protect roaming users from more
Related Tags: mms, roaming, arpu, mobile-broadband, operating-system