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Australian Premium Rate Phone Companies Fined $375,000

Two Australian premium rate phone companies – Global One Mobile Entertainment and 6G – have both received fines totalling $375,000 for false and misleading advertisements for mobile premium rate telephone services.

These fines are part of a strategy by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to assist in addressing problems in the premium rate [...]

Premium Rate Text Service Raises Funfs For Haiti

Premium rate text messages are helping to raise funds for the victims of the Haiti disater.

More than $8 million (£4.9 million) of the total $35 million raised by Red Cross has been done via text message.

The charity said that it will help to provide kits with kitchen equipment, shelter and personal hygiene packs to help [...]

70% Of Ringtone Scam Websites Cleaned Following EU Investigation

70% of websites investigated for mis-selling ringtones, wallpapers and other mobile phone services have been corrected or closed, following an 18 month EU consumer crackdown carried out by 27 Member States, Norway and Iceland. Since June 2008, when initial checks took place, 301 websites were investigated by national enforcement authorities for [...]