Telecommunications
operators in the country have taken a key step in ensuring fraudulent Short
Messaging Services (SMS) are curtailed, ITRealms
can exclusively reports.
Investigations
by ITRealms showed that
telecommunications operators, under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications
Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) alongside the regulator of the industry, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
recently reached this conclusion.
According to
our sources, the operators have suspended the delivery of messages with only phone
number as its “Sender identity.”
Industry
observers opined that with this, the unsolicited bulk messages by fraudulent
persons will be reduced to the minimum as they may not want to use their identity.
In addition,
this will aid the NCC’s rules on unsolicited calls and SMS, especially with its
Do-Not-Disturb (DND) service and dedicated the short code “2442” to enable telecom
consumers take an informed and independent decision on what messages they may
wish to receive from network providers.
ITRealms recalls that Association of
Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) prides itself as the
industry body for all telecommunications companies and those providing
subsidiary services to telecommunications service providers in Nigeria.
NCC on the other hand, is the independent regulatory
authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria, created under Decree
number 75 by the Federal Military Government of Nigeria on 24 November 1992.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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