08-17-2017, 12:25 AM
Industry players have raised the alarm that the relay-ECSOPS to ECSOPS guests who will record when they visit the mobile site-could be behind the unauthorized accounts of the South African cellular communication users. Mobile operators, however, say that this is not the case.
Many mobile users in South Africa have complained that wireless application service providers (Wasps) have their billing account (WEEMS) without their permission.
What woven users claim they never subscribe to a paid SMS service, and, of course, have not received the message confirm double opt-in subscription.
This raises the question of how those wasps get access to mobile subscribers ' numbers and Bill them for Greenwich mean time without double selection rules in.
According to a well placed industry players who asked not to be named, some wasps writes details of visitors to your mobile site.
This information is then used by mobile users on their subscription for paid services-Often without their knowledge. Billing is usually duplicate-daily, weekly, or monthly.
"I believe ECSOPS end-to-end in silence was included in a number of Wasps When twice the denial was injected," said one industry player. "This was probably to compensate for them-and network-over loss of revenue."
According to a source in the otraslithe Wasps were allowed to issue invoices on the basis of the user's website by clicking on the buttons of the Sims, is not taking any SMS conversation.
"Customers are usually unaware that they have paid, and is not explicitly consented to the service subscription," he said.
ECSOPS-end-the more history
In accordance with industry players, the bigger problem is that the end-to-end ECSOPS be mistaken, and that ECSOPS is replaced PERIODICALLY.
When an ECSOPS replacement, the information is wrong ECSOPS went through a WAP gateway. TheNe that man (SIM), Then subscribe to premium SMS services.
"The pumping of ECSOPS is not isolated, it is endemic," he said. "We've had 10 incidents last week-most of which occurred in machine 2 machine SIM cards".
Vodacom Is Responsible
This information MyBroadband got some machine-machine SIM cards by giving were billed for services.
Vodacom Vodacom said the expedition of disabled persons ECSOPS Almost 2 years ago. "The only way to subscribe through any of the media (for example, SMS, WAP, USSD) is to complete the double opt-in," said Vodacom press Richard Burman.
To subscribe to WAP services via mobile, Said Burman, the customer must enter your mobile number in the WAP gateway for the WASP.
"We are checking if protivthe ECSOPS phone is used to make sure that no one who is able to arbitrarily to sign someone else on the services. If these two numbers do not match, the subscription process stops, "said Vodacom.
This added Boorman they don't know about problems with the replacement of the MSISDN, but whether he's happy the investigation, if any details about this.
Telkom Mobile
Telkom Mobile reported that it now only allows for end-to-end ECSOPS their self-service portal.
"Whatever they want to charge any client operating system must pass through a Double Opt-in (DOI) process," said Telkom Mobile.
Telkom Mobile Said call center HAS access to the system to manage and control all these two Deals.
"Customers can contact the call centre to cancel the subscription in their time, and it will be automatically cancelled. The customer will receive an SMS notification to confirm one-year subscription to has been cancelled, "said Telkom Mobile.
MTN, Cell C MOM on unauthorized billing, end-to-end ECSOPS
Cell C, MTN and Telkom Mobile asked about potential unauthorized forwarding ECSOPS and billing through the exchange of MSISDN.
Cell C-no comments
MTN-no comments
It is therefore not clear whether MTN and cell C Vulnerable subscribers of this unauthorized billing.
It is not clear if this can also protect against unauthorized billing the subscribers from the OS through the channels.