There were a few changes regarding mobile premium rate services (SMS) in Austria. All services have to be stopped immediatels after the user sent the word “stopp” (yes, with a double “p”). All users have to be informed as soon as they used more than 10 €. SMS chat services only can bill the message […]

Posted on January 16th, 2007 by lbraum
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The Austrian Telecom Regulator, rtr, is taking and giving at the same time. On one hand the regulation regarding Premium SMS and Tele-voting got stricter, on the other hand the advertising of premium rates will be easier in the future.
In detail, rtr ruled that all Premium SMS subscription services have to end the subscription after […]

Posted on October 19th, 2006 by lbraum
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