Philippines ponders SMS levy
Posted in: Mobile & Wireless at 21/09/2009 10:41
... The parliament in Manila is planning to implement an excise tax on text messages in a desperate attempt to narrow the country's budget deficit this year.
A bill in the house of representatives is seeking a tax of five centavos ($0.001) on every message sent by a mobile phone.
To read this report in full from The Observer, see:
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/20/philippines-tax-text-messages
