The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says it has commenced a public inquiry to decide whether to extend, vary or revoke the domestic mobile terminating access service (MTAS) declaration, or whether to make a Read more…
BICS has announced the launch of Local SMS Firewall, a fully-managed end-to-end solution which allows operators to protect and optimize their SMS traffic and revenues. The product manages all A2P and P2P activity, filters it Read more…
Global revenues from application-to-person (A2P) SMS will finally exceed revenues from person-to-person (P2P) SMS by 2022, totalling $43 billion, even though A2P SMS traffic will be less than half of P2P SMS traffic by that time. Read more…
Mongolian mobile network operator G-Mobile has signed a services agreement with PCCW Global to utilize its A2P ValueMax solution to prevent SMS fraud, maximize SMS revenue and enhance the subscriber experience. Cellcos are victims of Read more…
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has fined TPG Internet A$360,000 (around $290,000) for breaching the country’s 2013 Spam Act. The fine follows an investigation by the ACMA into complaints from consumers that they had Read more…
ITEM: Cyber criminals are reportedly exploiting long-existing security flaws in the SS7 signaling network to hack SMS-based two-factor authentication for banking services and successfully steal money from their customers. That’s according to Motherboard, citing a Read more…
ITEM: Telstra experienced a major network outage Thursday that cut off voice services, shut down trains, delayed flights and – weirdly – sent SMSs to the wrong phones. Which is humorous until you remember that Read more…
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