Telcos roll out suffix on SMS headers to identify spam, share concern over gaps in OTTsTelecom operators have introduced SMS suffixes to help mobile users distinguish between genuine and spam messages. The new system categoriz...
Fed up with pesky SMS? Now you can spot spam, promo, or important messages by checking the P, S, T, or G suffixTRAI has implemented a suffix-based classification for SMS messages nationwide, effective May 6, to enhance transparency and reduce spam. E...
Banks complain e-crooks using their names to dupe customersBanks raise alarms over fraudulent entities impersonating them in text messages to dupe customers. They seek intervention from the finance ...
DoT take down over 1000 SMS content templates to protect citizens from potential fraudDoT, with support from MHA, cracked down on spam calls by blacklisting 73 SMS headers and 1,522 content templates to prevent SMS fraud, as ...
Govt blacklists 8 principal entities in fresh strike down on SMS scammersThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has taken this decisive action to pro...
Trai gives enterprises 2 weeks to verify SMS sending templatesPEs or principal entities are the enterprises that send commercial messages to customers using SMS. In 2018, Trai mandated the use of a DLT...
All PEs to complete verification of headers, content templates immediately: TRAI on pesky messages issueThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed all principal entities, including banks and financial institutions, to conduc...
Business entities want a month's extension to activate pesky SMS regimeSeparately, telecom operators are expected to meet Telecom Regulatory Authority of India officials on Tuesday to discuss hurdles faced by t...
Tell telcos to curb fake SMS headers, Delhi High Court directs TRAIThe fintech industry hailed the Delhi High Court order on TRAI, as inadequate monitoring had allowed fraudsters to send fake messages under...
Telcos defer deadline for businesses to register their SMS content templateTelecom operators have pushed back until further notice the January 31 deadline for business entities to register their SMS content templat...
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...
Trai penalises telcos for allowing cybercriminals to dupe digital payment usersThe move may be a boost for digital payment companies spearheaded by Paytm, which are embroiled in a tussle with the telecom industry in an...
Telcos stop issuing delivery reports on bulk SMSes, companies fretCompanies who send bulk SMS with numeric headers are complaining that not revealing which SMS was actually delivered to the end user means ...
Digital payment companies haul up Trai, telcos for failing to curb fraud calls/SMSesThese companies, represented by the industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), have blamed the Telecom Regulatory Auth...
Telemarketer slams Trai on faulty implementation of system to check pesky SMSes/callsTelemarketing company Venets Media in the ongoing lawsuit with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has alleged that the authority ...
More stringent checks on spam SMSes under new system: TraiThe authority also said that most of the genuine entities have registered themselves since volumes of traffic of commercial communication h...
- Hackers now break into the SMS universe
After e-mails and websites, SMS on mobile phones is the latest hot target of hackers. DoT planning to block overseas messages which don’t c...