[LINK] Fwd: MR30/2010: Re-register now to avoid telemarketing calls [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Kim Holburn]

I don't understand why people should have to reregister.  What's wrong  
with a permanent registration?

On 2010/Mar/11, at 2:43 PM, Antony Barry wrote:

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>> From: "Australian Communications & Media Authority" <media at acma.gov.au 
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>> Date: 9 March 2010 11:15:22 AM AEDT
>> To: <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
>> Subject: MR30/2010: Re-register now to avoid telemarketing calls  
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>> Reply-To: media at acma.gov.au
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>> It’s time to re-register for the Do Not Call Register for people  
>> who signed up in 2007. This will ensure you do not get any unwanted  
>> telemarketing calls.
>> Registrations for the Do Not Call Register are valid for three  
>> years. Anyone who signed up when the service was launched in May  
>> 2007 should re-register now to maintain protection from unwanted  
>> marketing calls.
>> The Chairman of the Australian Communications and Media Authority,  
>> Chris Chapman, said more than one million numbers were listed when  
>> the register was first launched in May 2007.
>> ‘It’s now time to re-register your numbers if you want to make sure  
>> you don’t receive telemarketing calls,’ Mr Chapman said.
>> ‘Any numbers not re-registered by their three-year expiry deadline  
>> will be automatically removed from the register
>> ‘So the best way to protect yourself from the days when you’d sit  
>> down to dinner and the telemarketing calls would start is to re- 
>> register your numbers now.’
>> More than 4.3 million home, mobile and VoIP numbers are now listed  
>> on the Do Not Call Register.
>> According to a recent ACMA survey, 93 per cent of people who  
>> registered their landlines noticed a marked reduction of  
>> telemarketing calls.
>> Mr Chapman said anyone in any doubt about when they listed their  
>> numbers should re-register them anyway.
>> ‘It’s fast, free and easy – simply call 1300 792 958 or go to www.donotcall.gov.au 
>> , where you can learn more and re-register,’ Mr Chapman said.
>> For more information or to arrange an interview please contact:  
>> Donald Robertson, Media Manager on (02) 9334 7980, 0418 86 1766 or media at acma.gov.au 
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>> The ACMA is Australia’s regulator for broadcasting, the internet,  
>> radiocommunications and telecommunications. The ACMA’s goal is to  
>> make communications and media work in Australia’s public interest.  
>> We engage users and providers in a dynamic, changing environment.  
>> For more information: www.acma.gov.au
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