Kazakh mobile operators have stopped SMS service, Tengrinews reports.
According to new rules of mobile services, operators need to inform clients about paid services individually. Operators will inform their customers about fees every time a text message is sent with a confirmation note. Technically, operators are unprepared for such service.
Finalists of the X-Factor face problems, because winners are elected via SMS votes. General Producer Natalya Sludskaya and Editor-in-Chief of Kolesa.kz said that the new rules of mobile services should be implemented when operators are ready.
The new rules were passed on December 30, 2012. Vice Minister for Transport and Communications Saken Sarsenov said that they were adopted due to countless mobile frauds.
