Automated 'silent' telephone calls will carry up to £2m fine
25 Mar 2010 | by Daniel Farey-Jones
In a statement, the Govenrment pledged to move "as soon as possible" to amend the penalty in the Communications Act 2003 by statutory instrument. The maximum penalty that can currently be applied by telecoms regulator Ofcom is 50,000. Companies penalised by Ofcom include Barclaycard, fined 50,000 in 2008 ...



