Breather for telecom operators from paying Rs 141 cr penalty over spamIndia's telecom operators have been granted a temporary reprieve from paying ₹141 crore in penalties for failing to control spam, as the Te...
TDSAT halts ₹141 cr spam penalties on telcos, next hearing on August 8India's top telcos have been temporarily spared from paying Rs141 crore in spam-related penalties, as the TDSAT adjourned the case hearing ...
Trai plans more action to check spam callersTelecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is exploring differential punitive tariffs for spam callers using personal numbers. Analysis f...
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...
TRAI directs telcos to make spam complaints user friendly on app/webThe Indian telecom regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has directed service providers to make their mobile apps an...
COAI hopes Consumer Affairs Ministry's draft guidelines will help tackle pesky callsThe Consumer Affairs Ministry's draft guidelines, supported by COAI, aim to tackle unregistered telemarketers. Telecom Regulatory Authority...
Telecom operators complete trials, to be able to curb pesky calls soonTelecom carriers in India, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, have completed trials for implementing the Telecom Com...
Spam call menace: 900k complaints logged last year regarding unsolicited commercial communicationsTelecom operators received over 900,000 complaints in 2022 regarding unsolicited commercial communications (UCC), according to data shared ...
TRAI imposes penalty of Rs 35 crore on telcos for violating pesky call, sms normsUnion Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said that as per the reports, telecom operators have disconne...
Access providers have taken action against unregistered telemarketers via warning notices, disconnection: MinisterAs per the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulation (TCCCPR) 2018, the access providers are registering complaints ...
Indiamart moves HC, seeks exemption from TRAI directive on pesky messagesThe High Court, on Monday, did not issue any interim direction and allowed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) time till April 30 ...
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...
Strictly implement regulations to curb unsolicited commercial calls, HC tells TraiThe high court also directed the telecom service providers (TSPs), which included state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Reliance Jio, ...
Paytm pulls up telcos, Trai for failing to curb phishing, says its users still being dupedPaytm annexed a list of 560 instances since June 1 when its customers have been defrauded of a total amount of Rs 1.1 crore. Telcos had cla...
Trai scraps rule that mandated 100 SMSes at discounted ratesThis means operators will have a free hand in fixing charges for such bulk SMSes by non-commercial users, and Trai's practice of forbearanc...
Paytm moves HC claiming telecom companies not preventing phishing activity over their networksPhishing is a cybercrime where people are contacted by email, phone calls or text messages by someone posing as a legitimate representative...
Trai proposes to withdraw 50 paise charge on SMS beyond daily limit of 100The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday proposed to do away with a fix rate of 50 paise for each SMS sent beyond a dail...