EU legislation could ban mobile premium promos

In UK, the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) is locked in negotiations with the EU over legislation, on the verge of becoming law, that would outlaw sales promotions via premium rate mobile. The legislation could effectively kill popular mobile marketing methods such as text-to-win…it will ban the use of premium rate in any sales promotions not run editorially by media owners.

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