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Quick technical solutions to spam from the Communications Commission

The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) provides mobile communications service providers during this week to educate users about the currently available quick solutions to reduce spam by enabling the subscriber to exit from all the lists previously subscribed to by sending a message to one of the numbers designated to stop the spam.



Adding that it has identified a number of key entities within specific lists (white lists) whose messages are not unsubscribed, such as government agencies, major hospitals, universities and schools. The Commission called on all participants to submit proposals,


And evaluate the solutions of the service providers currently available by contacting the authority's specialists via e-mail sms_spam@citc.gov.sa.


It also directed the mobile operators to implement technical solutions within the next three months, enabling the subscriber to automatically control the quality and sources of the messages he receives. To protect users and limit the phenomenon of texting spam.


It is reported that annoying (SPAM) advertising text messages conveyed via short text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS); A multifaceted issue,


The authority adopts a multi-faceted approach that combines the application of regulations, international cooperation, the use of technology, awareness of users of telecommunications services and the establishment of controls to reduce them. For more information on this topic, you can visit the Authority’s website and access the controls related to SPAM.

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