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Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Telefonmehrwertdienste e.V. (FST)

The association Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Telefonmehrwertdienste, FST e.V., has been established in Dusseldorf in 1997. As a stakeholder of the German Value-Added-Services (VAS) industry the entity pursues the implementation of a standard code of conduct in this industry to prevent fraudulent use of VAS and also exercises influence on the design of the political framework the industry is restricted by.

About 40 Service-Providers, Network-Operators, Agencies, associations and other organisations have already joined the FST e.V. The cumulative experience and know how represents the nucleus of the German VAS-industry. The Members of this association voluntarily operate according to the self-induced code of conduct, which, without any governmental interference or regulatory effort, accommodates to social as well to entrepreneurial interests.

For the collective good of the industry’s participants of the FST e.V. to evolve and preserve an efficient and fair market for Value-Added-Services remains its superordinate target.