Verizon Wireless today announced that it has obtained a permanent injunction and default judgment in one of its lawsuits against wireless spam, bringing the case to its conclusion.

The default judgment prohibits Specialized Programming and Marketing LLC and its owner, Charles Henderson, from sending further spam to Verizon Wireless customers and requires them to pay damages in excess of $200,000. Specialized and Henderson sent nearly 100,000 unsolicited text messages to Verizon Wireless customers offering them a prize vacation. 

"Text messaging is a great and increasingly popular way to communicate, but unwanted or unsolicited text message spam to our customers' handsets is unacceptable," said Steve Zipperstein, Verizon Wireless, vice president of legal and external affairs.

Verizon Wireless initially filed the suit against Passport Holidays in October 2005 in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., alleging that the Florida-based company arranged and coordinated the sending of the text messages to Verizon Wireless customers, urging them to take action to claim a Bahamas cruise prize. In February 2006, Verizon Wireless filed an amended complaint, after officials from Passport Holidays named Specialized Programming and Marketing LLC and Henderson as the company and individual that sent out the spam messages that formed the basis for the suit.

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