Oct 24th 2004
By: Luke
By: Luke
ICSTIS slams Ofcom
Ofcom has been accused by ICSTIS, the body that regulates premium rate telephone services, over claims that the watchdog is failing to prevent consumers from being cheated by fraudsters. George Kidd, director of ISCTIS, has sent a furious letter to Ofcom chief exec Stephen Carter, claiming that Ofcom’s refusal to share information with his organisation has allowed unscrupulous networks to operate with impunity. The letter adds that the risk of consumer harm and ridicule over the lack of co-ordination has grown because Ofcom has issued numbers to a stream of businesses that ICSTIS is prosecuting as service providers. Ofcom says it is carrying out a review of the premium rate market and played down the rift between the two bodies.
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