Bulk SMS

While POTRAZ did issue a regulatory notice to mobile operators, the notice merely asked that the mobile operators cease sending, and facilitating the sending, of spam to mobile subscribers. POTRAZ’s regulatory notice, which you can download here, was in response to to repeated complaints by telecoms consumers about incessant SMS spam. So far it looks like Econet interpreted that to mean; accredit a mobile aggregator and block all direct bulk SMS connectivity.

The move by Econet affected companies like CSI who use international SMS gateways to provide bulk SMS services to their clients.

In the information they shared with us, CSI accused Econet of unfairly blocking legitimate bulk SMS messages used by thier clients to communicate with customers.