News & Events - MAAWG Release
THE MESSAGING ANTI-ABUSE WORKING GROUP GAINS MOMENTUM –
RECENT ADDITION OF BELLSOUTH, EARTHLINK, AND VERIZON ONLINE
Upcoming General Meeting on November 1st 2004 in Atlanta, GA
Wilmington, Delaware, – August 25, 2004 - The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), a group of communications and technology companies committed to solving spam, viruses and other forms of messaging abuse, today announced that the reach of its membership now spans more than 100 million subscribers.
BellSouth (NYSE: BLS), EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK) and Verizon Online (NYSE: VZ) are among the newest members of MAAWG. Those companies join a working group that also includes:
- Bell Canada
- Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR)
- Cloudmark
- Cox Communications (NYSE: COX)
- Goodmail Systems
- Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI)
- Openwave Systems (NASDAQ: OPWV)
- TDS Telecom, TDS Metrocom (AMEX: TDS)
“We have come a long way since the inception of MAAWG last December,” said Rich Wong, Chairman of MAAWG, and General Manager at Openwave. “As we continue to grow our membership, we are strengthening the communications industry’s capability to proactively address messaging abuse.”
MAAWG is dedicated to solving messaging abuse by working along three initiatives – collaboration across operators, best practices technology, and providing an industry voice into public policy. Members of MAAWG are working collaboratively to address and mitigate messaging abuse problems-including spam, viruses, forgery, fraud and other malicious attacks-affecting both broadband and mobile service providers and their customers.
"As part of an industry committed to improving customers’ online experiences and security, we must cooperate to find solutions for eliminating spam and viruses," said Dale Malik, Director of Product Management at BellSouth.
Added Tripp Cox, Chief Technology Officer for EarthLink, “We are pleased to join MAAWG in the fight against messaging abuse. Strength lies in numbers and as MAAWG continues to expand, we will improve our ability to win the war against email threats and annoyances faced by our customers.”
“Verizon Online joined MAAWG as another step in our aggressive fight to protect customers against malicious online attacks and spam,” said Scott Lebredo, manager – Verizon Online security operations. “We applaud MAAWG’s efforts to bring together industry leaders to work collaboratively on the problem of online fraud and abuse.”
MAAWG’s next general meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA from November 1st to November 3rd, 2004. For more information on the meeting please go to http://www.maawg.org.
About MAAWG
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is an independent non-profit coalition of worldwide carriers and technology providers. MAAWG is dedicated to solving messaging abuse by working along three initiatives – collaboration across operators, best practices technology, and providing an industry voice into public policy. For more information on MAAWG, please visit www.maawg.org
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