February 18, 2004

Do U Get Enuf SMS Spam?

Spam's becomng a big problem on mobile phones, according to a new report by London-based technology firm Empower Interactive. It said about 65 percent of Europe's mobile phone users report receiving up to five unsolicited text messages a week on their handsets.
Another interesting figure: it costs the operator as much as five euros ($6.37) each time a consumer rings customer services to make a complain, according to Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS), in UK.