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Tue 11 Nov 2008Courts urged to 'fast-track' text provider case
THE INDEPENDENT regulator of premium rate telecommunications services has urged the courts to "fast-track" a legal challenge by premium mobile text provider Realm Communications to his decision that a 12-month suspension from sending messages be imposed on it for breaches of its code of practice.
Regulator Pat Breen said the matter was urgent because of the public interest in protecting consumers from a service which "seriously misled" consumers and to protect his supervisory role. He was very concerned about any significant delay in implementing his decision due to lengthy court proceedings challenging it, he added.
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