7Objectives of the industry standard

7 Objectives of the industry standard

The standard is to be drafted to give effect to the following objectives:

(a) disrupting communications using sender identifications that have not been registered on the SMS Sender ID Register;

Note: Sender identification is defined in section 484C of the Act, and does not include a message header consisting only of numbers.

(b) protecting end users against communications using spoofing sender identifications;

(c) promoting public confidence in sender identifications registered on the SMS Sender ID Register;

(d) promoting consistency and accountability of actions taken by carriers, carriage service providers and electronic messaging service providers in relation to communications using sender identifications registered and not registered on the SMS Sender ID Register.