China to Require Cell Phone Users to Register
A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
China will require all mobile phone subscribers to register using their real names next year, in a bid to curb rampant spam and growing fraud conducted over mobile services, the official Xinhua news agency said.
The much talked-about move is mainly aimed at users of prepaid cellphone accounts, which can be opened easily by anyone with cash and a handset. These accounts have no monthly fee, but instead are "charged up" using prepaid cards and used until the credit runs out.
posted by Fergie @ 12/29/2005 08:48:00 AM
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