T-Mobile is continuing its war on spam texts, telling vendors it will beginning fining them $2,000 per incident for illegal spam texts sent via its network.

Spam calls and texts are the bane of many cell phone users despite efforts by the FCC and carriers to combat the problem. According to Cord Cutters News, T-Mobile is ramping up it efforts with plans to fine vendors $2,000 per incident.

“These changes only impact third-party messaging vendors that send unlawful or unallowed commercial mass messaging campaigns for other businesses. The vendors will be fined if the content they are sending does not meet the standards in our code of conduct, which is in place to protect consumers from illegal or illicit content and aligns to federal and state laws.” T-Mobile said in a statement sent to the outlet.

The news was first revealed on a Vonage support page:

T-Mobile just notified Vonage that they will be implementing a new set of non-compliance fines for messaging traffic violations on all mobile channels that transverse their network (SMS and MMS Short Codes, Toll-Free Numbers and 10DLC).

Those new fines will start being applied from January 1st, 2024.

It’s good to see T-Mobile taking such an active approach to stamping out spam texts, and hopefully other carriers will follow suit.Excerpt