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Coming to a mobile phone near you: Spam
13 December 2005
Posted by Rick
It's a common occurrence: A call late at night from someone you don't know trying to sell you something. But these types of calls are largely the domain of land lines, not mobile phones. That, however, is changing and telemarketing firms are beginning to bug mobile phone owners as well.
Enter the telecom providers. Verizon Wireless has won injunctions against two telemarketing firms in the US to prevent them from using "autodialers" and "pre-recorded messages". These injunctions are permanent.
With millions of people around the world leaving behind their landlines forever for mobile lines, it's a welcome sight to have a telecom provider actually working on your behalf to prevent the problems of an old technology from continuing to plague a new one.
Enter the telecom providers. Verizon Wireless has won injunctions against two telemarketing firms in the US to prevent them from using "autodialers" and "pre-recorded messages". These injunctions are permanent.
With millions of people around the world leaving behind their landlines forever for mobile lines, it's a welcome sight to have a telecom provider actually working on your behalf to prevent the problems of an old technology from continuing to plague a new one.
# posted by Rick at 12:55 PM 
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