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The move comes amid fears Britain is a target of hardcore pornography companies supplying adult material for mobiles. From today subscribers to Vodafone will be unable to view any rated material on internet-enabled handsets – unless they can prove their age and ‘opt-in’. Services that will be blocked include chat and dating services, erotic sites, gambling and betting sites and violent games.
Alan Williams, a senior policy adviser, said: ‘We have done a lot of work with internet filtering software, and we’ve found it simply inadequate for protecting consumers.
and dating services, psychic and astrology services and information services. or sending a premium text message may not be included with your Vodafone.
The payment will also help Vodafone Idea pay statutory dues to the government. Under the terms of the contingent liability mechanism CLM , it is obliged to make payments to Vodafone Idea where amounts paid “pursuant to the contingent liabilities of Vodafone India exceed those of Idea Cellular”, Vodafone Group said.
Vodafone Group’s potential exposure under this mechanism is limited to Rs 8, crore. Vodafone Group further stated that it has accelerated this payment to support the approximately 30 crore Indian citizens who are Vodafone Idea customers as well as employees during this phase of emergency health measures, taken as a result of the COVID pandemic. Earlier this week, Vodafone Idea, a joint venture between Vodafone Group and Aditya Birla Group, paid about Rs 1, crore to the government towards licence fee and spectrum usage charges SUC payment for the March quarter this year.
Last month, the telco had paid Rs 6, crore to Department of Telecommunications DoT towards the AGR payments, or its full principal dues, as per its self-assessment.