Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority wants feedback on its proposed new rules for blocking unwanted high-cost services delivered to mobile phones by the end of this week.
The ACMA released a consultation paper on 14 September, which sets out the proposed rules.
The consultation paper setting out the ACMA’s proposal for blocking of
mobile premium services, and further information on submissions, are
available on the ACMA website. Submissions are due by 5pm on Friday 23
October 2009.
‘The ACMA considers that mobile phone users would benefit from
additional control over their mobile bills,’ said Chris Cheah, Acting
Chair of the ACMA. ‘Under the proposal, mobile phone companies will be
required to provide blocking of mobile premium services for their
pre-paid and post-paid customers by no later than 1 July 2010.’
‘If you are concerned about receiving unwanted and costly premium
services, including on a mobile phone used by a child, it is important
that you read the consultation paper and provide feedback to us by 23
October,’ said Mr Cheah.
The ACMA’s proposal could be implemented either:
* By default, where the use of mobile premium services on all new
mobile accounts would automatically be blocked until the account holder
formally requested otherwise.
* As an option, where mobile account holders could request their
mobile phone company to activate blocking of mobile premium services.
These rules complement action taken by the ACMA earlier this year. In
May 2009, the ACMA registered a new industry-developed code of practice
for mobile premium services which came into effect on 1 July. The code
provides a range of new protections for consumers.
Compliance with key code provisions is under audit and the ACMA is
formally investigating 14 providers of mobile premium services of
suspected breaches of the code’s advertising obligations.
David Bass
| For the fourth year in a row, IDC has placed content security provider Websense (NASDAQ: WBSN) at the top of the IDC Worldwide Web Security 2011 –…
How to Make Business Discovery Work for Your Business
Business Discovery takes its cues from consumer apps. Like Google, it encourages us- ers to hunt for and explore data without worrying about or even noticing the underly- ing technology. Their entire experience is working within an intuitive interface to get real-time, self-service results with only minimal training. ...more
Try an easy-to-use set of web-enabled
tools for business-class productivity services. Office 365 provides
anywhere-access to email, important documents, contacts, and calendars
on almost any device.
