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ARTICLE · 14 AUGUST 2013

New Rules On Barring Valued-Added Message-Based Services!

Coelho Ribeiro e Associados
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From August 17 2013 onwards, only certain value-added message-based services (including SMS and MMS) must be barred by default, pursuant the Law 42/2013, of July, 3 that amended the Electronic Communications Law (Law 5/2004 of February 10).

PortugalMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Mónica Costa
Mónica Costa

From August 17 2013 onwards, only certain value-added message-based services (including SMS and MMS) must be barred by default, pursuant the Law 42/2013, of July, 3 that amended the Electronic Communications Law (Law 5/2004 of February 10).

Until then, audio-text services (with exception of televoting audio-text services) as well as value-added message-based services (including SMS and MMS) are barred by default and shall only be activated, generally or selectively, upon a written request from the subscribers.

With this new Law, only the following services must be barred, at no charge and by default:

(i) audio-text services with no exceptions (the televoting audio-text services exception has been withdrawn);

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