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Anti-Wireless Spam Bill Introduced

Representative Holt (D-N.J.) has introduced legislation prohibiting the transmission of unsolicited commercial messages to wireless devices. H.R. 113 "would amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of the text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages."

Bill aims to block wireless junk email, CNET, January 10, 2001.
H.R. 113, the Wireless Telephone Spam Protection Act, THOMAS Database.
Wireless Industry Treads Carefully on Privacy, February 7, 2001.