By Allen Tsai | Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:19 pm |
Two U.S. senators have declared war on SMS spam by introducing a bill aimed at curbing unsolicited text messages to mobile devices.
Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine, and Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, are pushing for the passage of the m-SPAM Act of 2009.The legislation would toughen existing laws and forbid commercial text messages from being sent to mobile numbers listed on the national Do-Not-Call registry -- a list of subscribers who have indicated they do not want to receive unsolicited calls from merchants. "Mobile spam invades both a consumer's cell phone and monthly bill," said Snowe. "This significant and looming threat must be addressed in order to protect consumers and vital wireless services." According to figures cited by the senators, U.S. wireless customers received more than 1.1 million spam text messages in 2007, up 38 percent from 2006. "Spam email is bad enough," said Nelson. "Now, we are seeing a proliferation of unwanted text messages -- and consumers are getting stuck paying." Some consumers have to pay to send and receive text messages with some plans charging as much as 20 cents per message.
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