I recently received an advert from Telecel Zimbabwe (a mobile network whom I currently do not use their services) advertising their services to me on my Econet number. This without my consent.
Can I take action against them (Telecel) for sending me unsolicited messages? Does this not classify the service under spam? Why has Telecel (I have checked and verified that this text message is indeed from Telecel as the message centre number is theirs and NOT some international SMS gateway) chosen to use the route of advertising?
If the mobile networks are now doing this, what chance (or hope) do I have that they will block other offenders from doing the same. As usual, would be interesting to know what the regulators' take on this is. What is POTRAZ always silent on such matters. Who are they here to serve?
(Ok, I know this is a lot of questions, but they are all linked to the same topic, right?)