China takes step to deal with phone-clogging spam   

工信部擬出新規(guī)治垃圾短信

令用戶不勝其煩的廣告信息有望得到根除。昨天，國務(wù)院法制辦公室發(fā)布消息稱，工信部已起草了《通信短信息服務(wù)管理規(guī)定(征求意見稿)》，其中明確規(guī)定未經(jīng)用戶許可，任何組織和個人不得向其發(fā)送商業(yè)短信息，這一規(guī)定也將成為治理垃圾短信現(xiàn)象的政策依據(jù)。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Tuesday began soliciting public opinion on a draft regulation against rampant spam messages clogging mobile phones, local media reported.

All organizations or individuals are prohibited from sending commercial messages without the receiver's consent, and senders should stop sending messages once receivers tell them to, the draft said.

Although the draft doesn't mention the word "spam message," over 90 percent of those polled in a recent survey agreed that commercial messages are spam, the Southern Metropolis Daily said.

In a random survey conducted by the newspaper, 47 of 50 respondents said they were bothered by such messages.

The draft also demands that senders inform receivers about content and expiration dates, as well as offer free and convenient ways for people to reject spam messages.

The draft also notes that those who violate the regulation would be fined from 10,000 yuan ($1,635) to 30,000 yuan ($4,908).

Besides SMS, commercial messages also include voice and image messages sent via social networking services to mobile phones, according to the draft.

The regulation may take effect next year, according to the Beijing Times.

Fu Liang, an expert on the telecom industry, said it is the country's first regulation targeting commercial messages, but it lags far behind countries like South Korea and Singapore.