the total cost of the network would increase if the number of messages was significantly increased When I worked in telecoms a couple of years ago, we installe

the total cost of the network would increase if the number of messages was significantly increased When I worked in telecoms a couple of years ago, we installed our SMS anti spam/fraud system in a network where a disproportionate amount of SMS traffic was caused by a virus on handsets that was constantly sending SMS messages. This was costing the carrier enough money that they installed our expensive anti spam system.