UK Government and Industry Look to Tackle A2P SMS Messaging Fraud

UK's Home Office and Mobile Ecosystem Forum consult on stopping A2P fraud - Mobile Europe

The parties held a briefing for stakeholders on updates to the Telecom Fraud Charter, its progress and ongoing efforts The Mobile Ecosystem Forum and the UK’s Home Office jointly hosted a session for stakeholders about updates to the Telecom Fraud Charter regarding the Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS messaging sector. A report co-authored by Enea and Mobilesquared, published in February 2024, found that artificial inflation of traffic (AIT) is p…

UK Government and Industry Look to Tackle A2P SMS Messaging Fraud

The Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), which is a global trade body that works to address issues affecting mobile networks, has met with the UK Government’s Home Office to discuss the future Telecom Fraud Charter (TFC) and how they can improve the progress being made in tackling Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS text messaging fraud. Just to recap. The voluntary fraud sector charter for telecommunications has been around for a few years now and essenti…