Ofcom's New SMS Scam Rules: What Businesses Need to Know
The regulations, introduced through General Condition C9, establish stronger requirements for mobile network operators and business messaging aggregators to prevent fraudulent messages from reaching consumers.
KYB vs KYC vs Telecom Sender Verification: Key Differences
Businesses sending SMS messages must be able to demonstrate that they are legitimate, that their messaging activity is authorised and that the sender identity they use can be trusted.
ParkingEye Text Scam: How Fake Parking Messages Work
A ParkingEye text scam is currently circulating in the UK, with fraudulent messages pretending to come from ParkingEye and claiming that the recipient has an unpaid parking charge. The texts typically direct people to a payment link and create pressure to act quickly.
Text Scams Explained: How Brand Impersonation Works
This is SMS brand impersonation, often called smishing when the message is designed to steal information or money. Criminals borrow the identity of a trusted organisation to lower the recipient’s guard.
The Difference Between KYB, KYC and Telecom Sender Verification
Telecom fraud has become more sophisticated, more automated, and far more expensive for operators, CPaaS providers, enterprises, and regulators alike. SMS phishing, impersonation attacks, spoofed sender IDs, and fraudulent business registrations are now common across global messaging ecosystems.
SMS Fraud Prevention in 2026: What Mobile Networks Need to Know
SMS fraud prevention in 2026 has moved well beyond basic spam filtering. Mobile network operators, CPaaS providers, and wholesale carriers now face increasingly sophisticated fraud campaigns targeting enterprise messaging routes, subscriber trust, and interconnect infrastructure.
Why Fake Text Message Scams Are Increasing
For businesses, the problem goes far beyond individual fraud losses. Fake text scams damage customer trust, increase support costs, create compliance risks, and place pressure on messaging providers and mobile network operators to improve filtering and authentication controls.
Courier Scam Texts: How Smishing Works and How to Stop It
Courier-related scam texts are one of the most common forms of SMS phishing in the UK.
Brand Assure at MWC Barcelona 2026
MWC Barcelona, organised by the GSMA, remains the largest annual gathering of the global mobile ecosystem. Network operators, vendors, regulators, and technology providers all converge to discuss what is changing now, not what might change in five years’ time.
Welcome to Brand Assure: A New Standard for Brand Validation
Brand Assure has launched. Discover how we’re helping mobile networks and CPaaS providers validate brands faster, prevent fraud, and build trust across RCS Business Messaging and beyond.