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News In terms of resolving the issue Grenville urged users to report spammers to bodies such as ICSTIS. An increasing number of mobile phone users are receiving spam messages on their handsets, according to the latest research - leading some to consider... [10 Feb 2005]
Tougher fines promised in premium-rate dialler crackdown
News The regulator wants an increase in the £100,000 limit for fines that the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) watchdog can levy. An ICSTIS spokesman said: "We estimate that we will get 80... [09 Dec 2004]
Rogue diallers draw consumer and watchdog anger
News As if slow downloads and pedestrian web access wasn't enough, the problem of rogue diallers racking up huge phone bills is still a major issue according to ICSTIS, the watchdog which regulates premium rate numbers. [30 Nov 2004]
Mobile porn regulator gets operator approved
News The IMCB will operate as a subsidiary of Icstis (Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services) but will be funded separately to Icstis. With the advent of 3G services and all the opportunities it affords... [22 Oct 2004]
Watchdog bans 11 premium rate rogue diallers
News Telecoms regulator Icstis (Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services) has cut off 11 rogue diallers, after the watchdog received a spate of complaints from UK consumers who said they had been put onto... [20 Oct 2004]
Phone fraud crackdown cuts off 13 countries
News The dialler scam came to prominence earlier this year when premium rate regulator Icstis published figures showing the number of victims of the rogue diallers - which are often only discovered when users are landed with huge phone bills - had... [22 Sep 2004]
'SMS ads? I'd rather have insurance companies ring when I'm having my tea'
News Regulator Icstis has also been laying down the law with SMS advertisers that don't toe the line. UK consumers have had enough of new technology putting them at advertisers' beck and call 24 hours a day. [16 Sep 2004]
Virus alert: Mobile users bitten by damn Mosquitos!
News A spokesman for the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (Icstis) which handles complaints about illegal dialler activity and premium rate scams said the organisation has received no complaints... [10 Aug 2004]
Premium rate texters told to learn when to STOP
News The premium rate regulator, Icstis, issued record fines to spam scammers in May. Had enough of being ripped-off by premium rate mobile texts? So has the Mobile Data Association (MDA). It's decided to introduce a universal unsubscribe option for all... [09 Jul 2004]
Government to blame for rogue dialler threat, says watchdog
News ICSTIS, the organisation that regulates the premium rate telephone services, is demanding that the government gives it the powers it needs to fight the growing menace of rogue diallers. In recent weeks ICSTIS (the Independent Committee for the... [09 Jul 2004]
BT to block premium rate dial-up scammers
News The percentage of internet-related complaints about premium-rate services has risen from 43 per cent in 2002 to 70 per cent in 2003, as a proportion of customers making complaints about high telephone bills, according to the industry's regulator... [29 Jun 2004]
Phone-charge Net fraud on the rise in UK
News The number of British internet users claiming to have fallen victim to premium-rate phone charge fraud has risen sharply, according to industry regulator ICSTIS. ICSTIS has been forced to call in the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) after being... [24 Jun 2004]
Directory enquiries: They're better but they're worse
News Communications watchdog Ofcom and premium rate regulator Icstis have published the results of their study into the deregulated directory enquiries market - and they're a bit of a mixed bag. Ofcom and Icstis have decided that the fledgling DQ market... [18 Jun 2004]
Watchdog deals £450,000 fine to mobile scammers
News Premium rate watchdog Icstis (Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services) has levied fines of almost half a million pounds on several companies found to have been sending out SMS spam and engaging in... [25 May 2004]
Premium rate spam scam hitting mobiles
News Regulator ICSTIS (the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Telephone Information Services) has found two companies practising the scheme, in breach of regulations - and the law - and shut them down. [19 Feb 2004]
