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PhonepayPlus Issues New Mobile Content Rules

Jan 22, 2009 4:19 PM

UK premium content regulator PhonepayPlus has released new rules for the mobile content industry following a 108 percent increase in mobile-related complaints from 2006/07 to 2007/08. The most significant point is that anyone signing up to a subscription service which charges more than £4.50 ($6.25) in any given week (including…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Mobile, phonepayplus

PhonepayPlus Probes UK Premium Rate Industry

May 2, 2008 3:35 AM

UK regulator PhonepayPlus has announced a review into the 350 million pound (US$691.6 million) a year premium-rate industry, after complaints soared by 40 percent in the first quarter of 2007. In the first quarter the regulator “had received more than 4,500 complaints about mobile content. This was 80 percent of…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Legal, Countries, Europe, phonepayplus

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