I do not know if it’s a problem in other countries, but when travelling in Europe you cannot ignore it: SMS Spam! Mainly by all the different telecom-operators that give you a truly hartwarming “Welcome” on their network. Including a commercial message. Imagine this (based on a true story): travelling by car from The Netherlands to Austria for a short skitrip. Four men in one car. All equipped with their mobile phone. Crossing the Dutch/German border… Four mobiles start beeping like hell. And after a few minutes two recieve another ‘Welcome’-SMS. Then again while crossing the German/Austrian border. Did I mention the SMS-messages within Germany? Anyhow, this will come to an end.
Because CM Technology presented their SMS Firewall yesterday on tradefair 3GSM in Barcelona, Spain. There is only one problem… Read the official launch-text:
The patent pending Regulatory SMS Firewall monitors every text message that is sent by companies to consumers and checks whether these message comply with all legal rules and regulations. Messages that do not comply, will be blocked for the recipient. End users of operators that have implemented the system, will no more have the nuisance of unwanted spam at their mobile phones.
You see: “End users of operators that have implemented the system….” Fact is, that 99% of SMS Spam comes *from* the operators… I’d like a SMS Firewall that is user-configurable. Pretty please?!
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