Articles tagged with: Telstra and Text Messaging

Aussies choose SMS to announce life events

Australians are a text crazy nation. According to a survey commissioned by Australian telco, telstra, one in three said they choose SMS to communicate major life events - compared to using the phone, email or social networking sites. The report also found we are more likely to SMS news of a birth, (25%), or a promotion, (18%) compared to other major life events.  more

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Efforts to Clamp Down on Spam SMS

The Australian telco, telstra says that it is introducing simple, new measures to help customers who are targeted by unwanted premium text messages. From mid-May, telstra's telephone consultants will contact Service Providers on behalf of customers to advise that services in dispute should be immediately stopped and help arrange refunds on services customers haven't intentionally requested. This will be backed by an education campaign to more than one million mobile customers offering advice on tackling and understanding unwanted premium text messaging services. more

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