Israel Govt: Up to $61k for every SMS spam infraction

The Israeli Government is getting serious about text spam (reports Cellular News). That’s a pretty serious statement! Have a read:

Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset has approved a bill banning the sending of unsolicited SMSs to mobile phones with fines of up to NIS200,000 (US$61,000) per infraction. The bill also forbids unsolicited phone calls of a commercial nature – as well as email spam