It's Here: Wireless Spam
If spam on your personal computer wasn't enough of a hassle, Wireless Services said 43% of all text messages sent on U.S. networks last year were spam, compared with 18% in 2003. The wireless messaging company said it arrived at its figures based on the 1.2 billion spam messages it blocked last year.
If Wireless Services' information is accurate, it could pose a huge issue for carriers that are heavily relying on more data traffic to boost ARPU. Can you imagine the kickback from consumers who incur extra charges due to a flood of spam messages into their e-mail boxes? The carriers are going to have act quickly and decisively to ensure wireless spam hasn't got out of hand - assuming it's not there already, of course! That said, there must be some pretty happy anti-spam software makers looking at another fertile market for growth.
March 1st, 2005 at 3:30 pm
There is no way that can be true. I text *way* more than the normal person, and I have only received roughly 2 sms spams. (And those were from my phone company).