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German regulator records high number of complaints over number misuse

Tuesday 29 December 2020 | 16:36 CET | News
The German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur, said it has received 88,541 written complaints this year about phone number abuse. The number of complaints remains high, according to the regulator, with over 25,000 complaints alone related to attempts to call numbers and unsolicited fax advertising.

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Companies: German Federal Network Agency
Countries: Germany
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