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Bring OTTs under India’s cybersecurity rules: COAITelecom carriers are urging the government to regulate over-the-top (OTT) communication platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram under India's ...29 Apr, 2025, 02.14 PM IST- MeitY to lead efforts to curb spam calls from OTT platformThe Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will spearhead a campaign. This campaign aims to combat spam and scam calls. These c...26 Apr, 2025, 12.38 AM IST
- Airtel working on tech to wipe out scam, phishingBharti Airtel is developing technology to prevent online scams and phishing attempts for its 380 million mobile users. About 80% complete, ...11 Mar, 2025, 12.08 AM IST
- Missed call telcos say Trai norms to curb spam may just be a damp squibIndia's telcos criticize the new Trai regulations aimed at curbing spam, arguing that the measures unduly burden telecom providers while le...14 Feb, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
- Telcos face new fines over failure to curb spam callsIndia's telecom regulator, TRAI, has fined major telecom operators around ₹12 crore for failing to curb spam calls, adding to previous unpa...23 Dec, 2024, 12.41 AM IST
- Trai to roll out user-friendly DND app to combat spam menace"The intention is to make it user-friendly... the experience should be good, and it should become the preferred app for DND registration," ...17 Dec, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
- Telcos, OTT firms lock horns at talks over spam and scamTelecom companies and tech firms clashed over regulations to curb online spam at a Trai open house. Telcos urged for OTT platforms and tele...12 Dec, 2024, 08.15 AM IST
- Power & authority come in way of checking spam on OTT platformsDoT and Trai are struggling to curb spam and scams on OTT platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal. While WhatsApp is cooperating to s...27 Sep, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
- ET Explains: Using blockchain to check spam is a work in progressIn the immediate term, the blockchain registration system was able to weed out unregistered spammers. The number of headers being used to s...26 Aug, 2024, 12.53 AM IST
- Battling the spam goliath: Inside Trai's plan to clamp down on unwanted calls, spammersTrai's efforts to combat spam include implementing DLT, removing inactive headers, and AI-based scam detection. However, challenges such as...10 Mar, 2024, 10.32 AM IST
- Privacy, security or trust concerns not confined by national borders: Nami ZarringhalamAs companies are no longer confined by national borders, neither are privacy, security or trust concerns, Nami Zarringhalam, cofounder of T...11 Feb, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
- OTT platforms like Meta, Google and WhatsApp to step up due diligence to curb pesky calls, phishingWhile a few models to check spam and phishing are being worked on, the regulator does not want to disclose the details so as not to alert f...05 Jul, 2023, 09.56 AM 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
- Truecaller in talks with telcos to weed out pesky calls, messages, curb fraud“We have built a solution to respond to (SMS frauds) and to safeguard our users and we'd be happy to work with both the regulator and carri...24 Apr, 2023, 04.19 PM IST
- Elon Musk declares war on spam bots, says he will ‘defeat’ them or ‘die trying’ if his Twitter bid is successfulBesides eliminating bots, Musk highlighted the need to authenticate real humans.22 Apr, 2022, 11.35 AM 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
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