BRTI Instructs to Stop SMS Premium Services
Anticipating the disturbing pulse theft, BRTI (Indonesia Telecommunication Regulatory Board) issued a circular to all telecommunications operators in Indonesia. BRTI instructed to stop offering content via SMS broadcast / pop screen / voice broadcast to the unspecified time limit.
In a letter signed by the Director General of Post and Information Organizers as BRTI chairman, Syukri Batubara, BRTI declares this instruction as a follow-up recommendations of the Commission hearing with a House of Representatives, Minister of Communication, BRTI and telecommunications service providers on 10 October and the results of meetings with stakeholders of telecommunications industry on October 11.
It states that in order to improve service quality Premium Messaging Services and to tackle the problem, BRTI instruct the operator of Mobile Cellular Telecommunications Networks and Local Fixed Network with Limited Mobility to:
1. Stop bidding broadcast content via SMS / pop screen / voice broadcast until the deadline to be determined later.
2. Deactivate / unregistrate at the latest on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 00.00 pm for all Premium Messaging Services (including but not limited to SMS / MMS Premium subscription, ringtones, games or wallpapers) except for public services and facilities as well as the financial services capital markets in accordance with the provisions of the legislation, by providing notification of deactivation and information on how to re-register for interested users at no extra charge.
3. Provides summary of users pulses who are cut off due Premium Messaging Services that are enabled via SMS broadcasting / pop screen
4. Returns the users pulses who’ve cut their pulses and harmed by Premium Messaging Services
5. Implementation of items 1 through 4 above shall be reported in writing and periodically to the BRTI starts on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 and every Wednesday of each week until December 31, 2011.
The letter sent to 10 telecom operators in the country. Namely Bakrie Telecom, Hutchison CP Telecommunications, Indosat, Mobile 8, Natrindo Cell Phones, Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Smart Telecom, Telkom, Telkomsel and XL Axiata. (from detik.com)
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