Just as there are number of premium rate phone, there are so-called Premium SMS which costs
much higher than a normal SMS.
Premium SMS are used to give users of payment services including the ratings of
television programs and competitions, horoscope and tarot services, erotic content, dating
services, and so on. All these services are provided via SMS in return for sending an SMS Premium
(or more) the cost of which varies from country to country (in Spain the price is about 3.00 euros
to 0.90 euros).
Although this type of service has been a high number of complaints in the early
years (2001-2005) due to various scams, today is a highly legislated business and guarded to
prevent unethical behavior among the operators of this type of services premium rate.
Next we will indicate what are some of the prefixes or the first Premium SMS
numbers in some countries. |
