Mavenir’s SpamShield Messaging Technology Drives Steep Decline in Spam and Scam SMS for Globe Telecom
The Philippines is one of the large SMS markets in the world, and addressing the aggressive growth in the volume of spam and scam messaging is a key priority for the government’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
- The Philippines is one of the large SMS markets in the world, and addressing the aggressive growth in the volume of spam and scam messaging is a key priority for the government’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
- In an impressive year-on-year improvement, Mavenir’s SpamShield has enabled the Philippines’ largest mobile operator to achieve a record 67% drop in blocked spam and scam SMS, plus a 74% decline in bank-related spam and scam messages during the first quarter of 2024, compared with the same period in 2023.
- The total number of blocked spam and scam SMS messages fell substantially from 1.1 billion in Q1 2023 to 362.8 million in Q1 2024.
- Over the same time span, the number of scam SMS messages directly reported by customers declined 44% year-on-year – from 610 in Q1 2023 to 342 in Q1 2024.