Missing industry data delayed scam text message warning system

Internal documents also detailed how SMS scams were costing around €115m per year for Irish businesses and mobile users

Records described how there were still major 'industry implementation issues' and missing data. File photo

The telecoms regulator said it could not move ahead with a plan for blocking the senders of scam texts because too many companies were still having legitimate messages flagged.

In internal discussions, ComReg said the new system — which marks SMS texts as likely scams — was working well but it was still missing key data to proceed with any complete block.