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There's now relief on hand for millions of mobile phone users who are sick of receiving unsolicited sales and marketing calls. From today, one single text message is all it will take to add your mobile phone number to the 'do not call database' - making it illegal for these sorts of organisations to call you.

John Mitchison, who is head of the Telephone Preference Service - which manages this database - told 5 live 鈥渋t is very straightforward to register鈥� and your number will be added to the database straightaway once you text.

According to research by the communications regulator, only 3 per cent of mobile phone users have registered with the TPS, as opposed 85 per cent of landlines.

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on Friday 27 May 2016.