EDITOR'S NOTE

Afternoon everyone,

It seems ACMA's anti-SMS spam campaign is continuing despite its recent troubles with Hyarchis.

The latest company caught in the net is a small Sydney firm called EMX. They've agreed to pay ACMA $10,000 and undertake regular audits and training to prevent further breaches from occurring. It's part of an 'enforceable undertaking' EMX has signed with the regulator.

It's no surprise there's a crackdown on the premium mobile content sector given the rise in the number of complaints brought against it in 2008.

ACMA have repeatedly said they have a number of enforcement tools available to them to punish offenders. It will be interesting to see whether the number of 'enforceable undertakings' issued this year increase compared to straight out fines or formal warnings, particularly in the wake of Hyarchis.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Staff writers | January 06, 2009

A small Sydney-based firm will pay a $10,000 'settlement' to the Australian Communications and Media Authority for allegedly spamming numbers it had rented as a list from a commercial brokerage.

By Iain Thomson | January 06, 2009

An expert witness in the class action suit against Microsoft over its Vista Capable has claimed that the company made over US$1.5bn as a result of its Vista Capable marketing campaign.

By Ry Crozier | January 06, 2009

Sanity Music has issued a stay of execution on its troubled Loadit music service due to 'customer response'.

By Iain Thomson | January 06, 2009

Google is working on an add-on to its Android mobile phone operating system that would make it much easier for blind people to use.

By Staff writers | January 06, 2009

100 Gigabit Ethernet technologies will outship OC-768 in just two years with growth driven largely by customers rather than carriers, according to Freesky Research.

By Shaun Nichols | January 06, 2009

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is said to be calling off a deal with the company that gathered information for its legal campaigns.

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