“Since August 16, Globe started blocking an average 300,000 spam/scam messages daily coming from both Globe and other networks,” said Anton Bonifacio, Globe chief information security officer. The Ayala-led Globe activated in February a fully-automated mechanism to rid its network of spam and scam messages. Under the first phase of the program, the anti-spam mechanism blocked spam and scam messages from Globe network SIMs. “Globe is now a step closer towards totally eradicating the transmittal of spam and scam messages to our customers. Globe Telecom’s blocking tool consists of a hardware and software solution with complex anti-spam algorithms.

Source: Manila Times August 30, 2016 16:41 UTC