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Why cell spam unlikely to rival e-mail's scourge
John Summers, global director for managed security at Blue Bell-based Unisys, interviewed for The Philadelphia Inquirer, explains why U.S. cell-phone users are unlikely to face spam problems. -- "U.S. cell-phone companies have learned from the mistakes of carriers in other countries and have installed technology to prevent spam and viruses from reaching cell phones. -- It's easier to detect cell-phone spammers than e-mail spammers. Cell-phone messages come from one of six carriers, as opposed to thousands of traditional Internet service providers. -- It's expensive to send cell-phone spam. Most carriers charge between 8 cents and 12 cents per message, while sending spam over the Internet is virtually free. -- And receiving text messages costs, too - typically 2 cents to 3 cents per message. Cell-phone companies have a strong financial interest in keeping text-message spam under control, Summers said, because text-messaging represents a potentially lucrative revenue stream. They have been encouraging "texting," particularly among teenagers and young adults." |
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