A consumer group in the Philippines,called TxtPower,yesterday said it would lead the first cyber-protest in the Philippines to denounce government plans to tax mobile phone text messaging.The Age reports that the group has posted a petition on the Internet and asked supporters to add their names to the document asking the Philippines Congress to scrap the tax measure.”We are calling on all consumers opposed to the imposition of the new taxes on our cellphones to participate in the cyber rally,” TxtPower said. “Using the very medium the government wants to tax, we can show how we vehemently oppose these impositions on cellphones that are being passed to consumers.”
‘Text tax’ sparks cyber-protest in Philippines