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Emergency procedure investigation

07 February 2012

Some complainants have alleged that they received unsolicited text messages, both chargeable messages and free marketing messages, from the services. Other complainants acknowledged that service content was accessed/viewed on their handset, but stated that the terms and conditions were...

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February 2012

Emergency procedure investigation

07 February 2012

PhonepayPlus, the UK regulator for premium rate telephone services, has launched an Emergency procedure investigation under paragraph 4.5 of its Code of Practice (12th Edition), following over 250 complaints from members of the public about ‘Adult WAP pay-per-view’ services which operate on various mobile text shortcodes, including 89911 and 69001.

January 2012

UK young people hungry to use mobiles for good

23 January 2012

A national competition that challenges young people to use their mobiles for good in their community saw a 330% increase on entries in 2011 – this massive increase questioning the more negative stories about young people and mobile phones.

December 2011

Mobile phones ring in good news for young people giving in 2012

27 December 2011

2012 is set to see a boom in charitable giving and volunteering using mobile phones, with young people leading innovation in giving, predicts PhonepayPlus, the watchdog that oversees charity text donation in the UK.

Ex-director of SMS Digital Future Limited is disqualified from being a director of a UK company for 5 years following PhonepayPlus investigations

22 December 2011

PhonepayPlus investigated the operation of services by SMS Digital Future in 2008-09 and three cases went to Tribunal for adjudication on 28 August 2008 and 30 April 2009.
 

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