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2023-12-27T06:01:00+00:00
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What's happening?Beginning January 1, 2024, T-Mobile is instituting three new fees for non-compliant A2P traffic sent by non-consumers that result in a Severity-0 violation. A Sev-0, (Severity-0) represents the most harmful violation to consumers and is the highest level of escalation with which a carrier will engage with Bandwidth. This applies to all commercial, non-consumer, A2P products (SMS or MMS Short Code, Toll-Free, and 10DLC) that traverse T-Mobile's network.A Non-Consumer is a business, organization, or entity that uses messaging to communicate with Consumers. Examples include but are not limited to, large-to-small businesses, financial institutions, schools, medical practices, customer service entities, non-profit organizations, and political campaigns. Non-Consumers also include agents, representatives, or any other individuals acting on behalf of Non-Consumers or sending messages over a non-consumer platform. The non-compliance fine(s) (USD) will be assessed for every Sev-0 violation issued as follows:Tier 1: $2,000, for phishing, smishing, and social engineeringSocial Engineering refers to the practice of targeting individuals in a way that manipulates individuals to reveal private information like credit card numbers, or social security numbers.Tier 2: $1,000, for illegal content (included content must be legal in all 50 states and federally)Illegal content includes, but is not limited to, Cannabis, Marijuana, CBD, Illegal Prescriptions, and Solicitation.Tier 3: $500, for all other commercial messaging violations including, but not limited to, SHAFT that do not follow federal and state laws and regulations.Please review the T-Mobile Code of Conduct Section 5 for prohibited contenthttps://support.bandwidth.com/hc/en-us/articles/19939626519575-New-A2P-non-compliance-fees-on-January-1