Canadian network operator Telus has bowed to pressure from the
Catholic church and stopped sales of mobile porn to
subscribers.
The company had been sticking to its guns over the sale of mobile
pornography, but was facing an unprecedented attack from a local
bishop.
Archbishop Raymond Roussin of Vancouver recently called for all
Catholics to cancel their subscriptions to Telus, and the resulting
publicity seems to have forced a rethink at the network
operator.
Telus was the first mobile service in North America to offer adult
downloads, for which it charged $3-$4 a pop.
The company said that, while thousands of people had used the
service and only a few had cancelled, it had "taken the feedback to
heart" and dropped the service.