Providers Announce Wireless Content Guidelines
November 8th, 2005
As wireless phones become more advanced in there abilities to stream television and video CTIA, The Wireless Association, and the nations leading providers today announced the ‘Wireless Content Guidelines’. The guidelines are a voluntary pledge by the industry to proactively provide tools and controls to manage content available via web enabled wireless handsets. Wireless content will be identified into two categories: Generally Accessible Carrier Content and Restricted Carrier Content. The content will be categorized using criteria based on the movie, television, music and games rating systems that are already familiar to consumers.
The Wireless Content Guidelines create standards intended to ensure carrier-offered content either excludes or requires parent or guardian permission to access any material inappropriate for subscribers under 18.
