Initiatives like DND can protect people from fraudulent calls, messages: TRAI chiefSpeaking to PTI on the sidelines of a workshop, Lahoti said India has about 116 crore mobile subscribers, of whom only 28 crore are registe...
04 Dec, 2025, 08.07 PM IST
Trai announces pilot project for digital consent managementThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of India, has launched a pilot project for digital consen...
16 Jun, 2025, 08.11 PM IST
Govt issues draft guidelines to curb unsolicited biz messages, calls; seeks public commentsConsumer Affairs Ministry seeks public comments on draft guidelines to curb unsolicited and unwanted business communications like promotion...
20 Jun, 2024, 04.22 PM IST
Unsolicited callers may soon have to pay heavy fine to victim consumersMinistry source told that it is mooted that caller engaging in unsolicited calls will have to pay heavy penalties which can go up to Rs 100...
15 Jul, 2022, 09.32 PM IST
Registration in 'do not disturb' list no deterrent to pesky calls, says surveyAccording to online platform Localcircles, 95 per cent people who participated in the survey said they get pesky calls and SMSes (Short Mes...
18 May, 2022, 10.23 PM IST
Trai raps telcos for delaying registration of private, govt-owned telemarketersAbout two years ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had issued rules, making it mandatory for telcos to seek subscriber c...
22 Jun, 2020, 03.32 PM IST
Trai mulls scrapping dual pricing of text messagesThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said on Tuesday there’s no longer any need to restrict the number of text messages allowed...
18 Feb, 2020, 10.15 PM IST
Telcos should run media campaigns to check pesky calls, messages: TraiTelcos, it said, would also “need to share details with mobile users of the relevant web portal/apps created” in their upcoming media campa...
21 Jan, 2020, 06.44 PM IST
Telcos review blockchain tech to tackle pesky callsTrai’s new rules to quell pesky calls stated that telecom operators are required to deploy blockchain-based technology to prevent unauthori...
28 Aug, 2018, 07.47 AM IST
Tech Mahindra, Microsoft join hands to curb pesky callsBased on blockchain technology and built on Microsoft Azure, the solution aims at mitigating the issue of unsolicited commercial communicat...
27 Aug, 2018, 01.30 PM IST
Pesky calls monitoring inadequate: ExpertsTrai's plan to impose hefty penalties could raise the spectre of mass litigation and implementation challenges.
21 Jul, 2018, 01.48 PM IST
New Trai pesky calls norms won't help, say consumers bodyTrai came out with the rules on Thursday, making it mandatory to seek subscriber consent for receiving unsolicited commercial communication...
20 Jul, 2018, 11.01 PM IST
Indians get most spam calls in the worldAmong the other spam calls Indians receive are 13% from telemarketers, 9% from financial services while 3% are related to insurance and sca...
16 Jul, 2017, 10.04 AM IST
- Freedom from unsolicited SMS in 6 weeks: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal
Millions of mobile phone users will be able to get rid of the menace of unsolicited SMS in six weeks when DND number 1909 becomes operation...
19 Aug, 2011, 01.20 PM IST
- Government seeks compliance report from telcos on pesky calls
The Department of Telecom has directed all service providers to comply with the regulations on pesky calls and discontinue the phone connec...
25 Sep, 2008, 07.09 PM IST
- Don’t make unsolicited calls to cell users: HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained telemarketers from making unsolicited calls to mobile phone users, irrespective of the fact whet...
12 Sep, 2007, 04.17 AM IST
- 'No unsolicited calls to consumers'
The Delhi High Court today restrained telemarketers from making unsolicited calls to mobile phone users, irrespective of the fact whether o...
11 Sep, 2007, 09.26 PM IST