Following the rise of WhatsApp, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger, SMS is no longer widely used for texting. Nowadays, everyone has access to mobile internet, so subscribing to an SMS package makes little sense.
Nevertheless, we continue to receive an inordinate amount of SMS spam on our phones from telemarketers, telcos, ISPs, random pest control companies, and the list goes on. Nobody enjoys receiving unwanted texts, and having to block each and every one of them can be time-consuming.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has, however, finally brought us good news.
Thanks to newly introduced regulations from PTA, telemarketers will only be able to send promotional SMS texts to people who opt for it. All promotional messages will also have an option to unsubscribe from SMS ads. PTA also clarifies that sending SMS without consent violates its regulations and is thus a reportable offence.
Check the example of what spam promotional messages will look like from now on.
You can just send an SMS with “Reg” to 3627 to stop receiving ads.
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