Scourge of SMS spam swamps mobile users The sheer ease of sending these messages and a per-SMS price that has plummeted in near-suicidal manner over the last two years, have combined to yank this industry into overd
China makes ID proof mandatory for new mobile phone users (Business Standard) 01/09/2010 19:50:51: China today made it mandatory for cell phone users to provide identification before purchasing a new connection, in its latest campaign aimed at curbing the scourge of spam, p
Critics put on mute as China tightens mobile phone rules
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(Yahoo US) 01/09/2010 04:18:03: Reuters - Chinese mobile telephone users must register their personal details to buy phone numbers under a rule that comes into force from Wednesday, in what the government ca
China demands ID from all buyers of mobile phone numbers (Guardian) 01/09/2010 14:16:29: Government says it hopes junk will be sunk by rules on new numbers, but critics fear more monitoring of citizensChina began requiring identification from anyone buying a new m
