One of the DPI related value-added services is content filtering. Calcalist reports today (here, Hebrew) that Cellcom (3M subscribers) said today that they are going to offer Web filtering service to its mobile internet subscribers. Cellcom will offer 5 levels of filtering - including a "white list" allowing surfing only to a closed list of selected sites, with a special fit to their religious subscribers.
However, the other levels target the general subscriber community, mainly as a parental control service. An interesting aspect is relates to charging:
There is a different charge for handsets and laptops - this means that the operator has a way to distinguish between the two, which is not easy.
- The monthly fee for the handset service is NIS4.9 (~$1.30) and for laptop NIS 14.9 (~$4.00). Very high!
Web-filtering is sometimes a regulation requirement (and then it cannot be charges with extra fees).
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