Telcos oppose Trai's plan to block AI-flagged spam numbersTelecom companies are pushing back against Trai's plan to automatically block phone numbers identified as potential spam by AI. They argue ...
12 Feb, 2026, 11.52 PM IST
Airtel's AI filter finds 71 bn pesky calls and 2.9 bn messages till JanBharti Airtel has taken a bold stand against the growing wave of scams. With the help of its advanced AI spam detection system, the company...
11 Feb, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
Airtel flags 71 billion spam calls, 2.9 billion messages since 2024Bharti Airtel said it has flagged more than 71 billion spam calls and 2.9 billion spam messages since launching its AI-based spam filter in...
10 Feb, 2026, 08.26 PM IST
Airtel, Google reunite to roll out RCS messaging in IndiaBharti Airtel has partnered with Google to offer Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging, a move that brings all major Indian telcos on...
08 Dec, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Spam & Jam: Telcos voice concern over Trai's new normsTrai's move to curb spam by restricting call management apps like Truecaller from blocking promotional calls might worsen the problem, say ...
20 Mar, 2025, 08.23 PM IST
Tech firms say using centralised blockchain to control spam impossible for OTTsTech companies have rejected telecom operators' demands to regulate OTT messaging platforms like WhatsApp for spam control. They argue that...
16 Dec, 2024, 08.01 AM IST
Airtel launches India's first Al-powered network solution for spam detectionAirtel has introduced India's first AI-powered spam detection solution to combat spam calls and messages. This network-based tool alerts cu...
25 Sep, 2024, 11.27 PM IST
Rising cybercrimes: Why it's high time for telcos and OTT companies to unite against a common threatOver 600 million consumers have come online in the past decade, creating opportunities and challenges. Cybercrime, fraud, and spam have ris...
19 Sep, 2024, 11.12 PM IST
Scammers target WhatsApp users with phishing attemptsThe problem is that while telcos and the regulator have been working to create artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions to check spam c...
21 May, 2023, 11.31 AM IST
Truecaller aims to help WhatsApp users combat spamTelemarketing and scamming calls have been on the rise in countries like India, where users gets about 17 spam calls per month on average, ...
08 May, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
Airtel develops AI-based solution to tackle fraud messagesBharti Airtel and HDFC Bank have partnered to develop a solution using artificial intelligence/machine learning to identify and prevent phi...
05 May, 2023, 08.07 AM IST
Mobile users unlikely to get relief from pesky calls, text messages soon, say telco executivesSenior industry executives said a possible solution to the pesky calls problem is for either the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Tra...
31 Mar, 2023, 08.32 AM IST
Tired of SMS spam? Curate your inbox…one by oneYou will soon have a choice to decide who can send you an SMS by confirming or denying your consent. You can even tell the brand which day ...
11 Apr, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
Trai says commercial SMSs getting delivered smoothlyThe overall delivery rate till late Thursday was 84.11%, meaning 600 million commercial SMSes have been able to pass the rigid filters, or ...
02 Apr, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Trai calls on banks, others to comply with directive to check pesky SMSes“Unfortunately, despite repeated communication, all major banks and big telemarketers sending SMS have failed to fulfil regulatory requirem...
24 Mar, 2021, 09.27 AM IST
Spam War: Telecom companies to soon filter out unregistered commercial SMSesET had reported in November that the telecom regulator had imposed penalties collectively amounting to Rs 35 crore on eight operators inclu...
20 Jan, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
Truecaller phone app developer in talks with Airtel about AfricaTruecaller is seeking to roll out a version of the app that works with 2G phones, Chief Commercial Offier Ted Nelson said in an interview i...
09 Nov, 2017, 10.11 AM IST