Vodacom and iBurst sign interconnect deal

Non-WASPA members are not regulated by the WASPA code of conduct, which means that they do not face WASPA penalties or fines if they send SMS spam, or engage in other shady SMS practices.
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My opinion is that WASPA members are also not effectively regulated nor penalised for sending spam and stealing money from people's cellular accounts.

If the industry chatter about the WBS/iBurst "For Sale" sign is true, why is WBS/iBurst preparing to provide an SMS spammer service?
 
WBS is a network operator
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can someone please help me with this. I assume that the missing word is "mobile" network operator and ICASA has given them numbers from a mobile range and they have the necessary spectrum, but I am not aware that WBS has a mobile network (in the sense that it can do full call handover between base stations) - what network is this?
 
but they are a wireless network in the sense that they have wireless technology used for the last mile and they will be interconnecting to facilitate the transmission of data intended for wireless handset clients of Vodacom. Surely WASPA has jurisdiction over content as soon as it hits Vodacom's network and that Vodacom is bound by its membership of WASPA to enforce checks on incoming transit and frankly that WBS must register with WASPA before allowing it to use their network or is the WASPA agreement with the operators not applicable to content originating from an interconnect?
 
Paul Hjul said:
but they are a wireless network in the sense that they have wireless technology used for the last mile and they will be interconnecting to facilitate the transmission of data intended for wireless handset clients of Vodacom. Surely WASPA has jurisdiction over content as soon as it hits Vodacom's network and that Vodacom is bound by its membership of WASPA to enforce checks on incoming transit and frankly that WBS must register with WASPA before allowing it to use their network or is the WASPA agreement with the operators not applicable to content originating from an interconnect?
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fixed wireless afaik (but am open to correction)
Vodacom (+ the others) are not members of WASPA and are not bound by the WASPA Code of Conduct. While the WASP model was the only game in town they required that anyone wanting to terminate A2P messages on their network needed to be a member of WASPA. With interconnect this seems to be falling apart.

hard to avoid the conclusion that the whole A2P industry is being massively gamed at the moment...
 
but the operators agreed to only accept A2P traffic from WASPA members? Or has it simply been a practice. Could a public interest entity not seek to enforce what has become customary in the industry - of course the headlines could be deeply amusing "customary law suit against Vodacom" as journalists get confused- because it is a serious injury to existing A2P players if WBS can circumvent and allow new entrants preferential treatment?

Basically I can't see any distinction between A2P traffic coming from an originator (if thats the correct term) and that which transits via interconnect.
 
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