February 08, 2005
FCC Protects Wireless Domains From Spam
The FCC is creating a registry to protect cellular and other commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) wireless consumers from unwanted commercial electronic mail messages. The list can be found here.
Senders who send commercial email to wireless mail domains can face fines of up to $11,000 per violation. According to InfoWorld, this rule came out of the CAN-SPAM Act.
It will be interesting to see whether these rules can prevent spam on these domains. I see no reason why a spammer would not target these domains, except for these new regulations. Even if the response rate was far smaller for cell phone spam, it could still be profitable.
Posted by rshah at February 8, 2005 09:51 PM