Telstra, TPG and Optus are on a rare unity ticket fighting against proposed changes they say will lead to more SMS scams.
New regulations from Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog would “open the floodgates to scams”, according to telcos including TPG, Telstra and Optus, who are arguing against the proposed changes in a rare show of unity.
The telcos say that the ACCC’s SMS regulations would take that ability away and therefore likely lead to more scam SMS traffic coming onto their mobile networks. “It is imperative the ACCC listen to the concerns of the mobile operators leading the efforts to protect Australians from scams every day. “We would caution any move that could contribute to making it easier and more attractive for scammers to target our customers via SMS or which could inhibit our ability to take action to block scams.”