UCC issues warning to telecom companies over unwanted SMS The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has issued a directive to telecommunication companies over unsolicited messages and warned to take action against non-compliant players. The instruction, which takes effect on November 21, was published. It laid down the requirements that telecom companies are obliged to abide by as a measure to address the problem of unnecessary messages. Mr Fred Otunnu, the director for broadcasting at UCC, said the decision was sparked by the persistent complaints from the public about the unsolicited messages. “Consequently the industry working group, chaired by UCC, sat down and came up with measures that all telecommunication service providers as well as information and content providers have to adopt to deal with this issue,” says Mr Otunnu. The firms were asked to put in place an opt- out method using code “196” whereby subscribers who are not interested in receiving messages stop receiving them from a given short code. They were also directed to operationalise a “Do not Disturb” (DND) register which ensures that a consumer on the register will not receive messages apart from those related to national emergencies and network outages. “Failure to comply with this directive shall attract reprisals from the Commission to the offending party with no further warning,” Like and share this post if u loved this message.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:22:03 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015