THE NATIONAL Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has initiated public discussions on a pending rules to regulate “text” spam, or unsolicited and unwanted commercial text messages received by mobile phone subscribers. There is also a proposal to ban the messages between 9pm and 7am, I assume to protect people who use the alarm function on their mobile and therefore can’t turn it off when they go to sleep. They are currently in discussions about the topic, with some companies arguing consumers should receive at least one message and then have to opt out…
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