First compensation payout for spam SMS

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China's first lawsuit for sending unsolicited mobile phone text messages was filed against Jiangsu Unicom (JU), one of China's three largest telecommunications…

China's first lawsuit for sending unsolicited mobile phone text messages was filed against Jiangsu Unicom (JU), one of China's three largest telecommunications companies. The lawsuit ended with the Baixia District People's Court ruling that JU compensate the plaintiff, Wang Jun, with Rmb5,000 (US$625).

Wang accused JU of disturbing his life by bombarding him with SMSs on his mobile phone. Between May 19 2006 and June 26 2006 he received 39 messages, sometimes as late as 10pm, and Wang was forced to look at them repeatedly because his mobile phone was unable to delete a message without opening it first.

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