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Pesky call complaints rise steadily since 2022, over 82% against unregistered telemarketers, Governments tells ParliamentGrievances against pesky calls and messages have risen significantly since 2022. Most complaints are filed against unregistered telemarkete...
Trai's crackdown on pesky calls: Telcos block 2.75 lakh telephone numbers, 50 firmsThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has disconnected 2.75 lakh telephone numbers and blocked services to 50 entities in a crac...
Trai's spam call check: 50 entities blacklisted, 2.75 lakh numbers disconnected in two weeksTelecom service providers have blacklisted over 50 entities and disconnected more than 2.75 lakh mobile numbers following TRAI's crackdown ...
Crackdown on pesky telemarketers: TRAI asks telcos to curb misuse of message headers, content templatesThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has intensified efforts against telemarketing abuse. Starting September 1, 2024, telecom s...
Trai orders telcos to stop promotional calls from unregistered sendersThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India asked telecom operators to discontinue voice calls from unregistered telemarketers to mitigate sp...
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...
5.89 lakh unregistered telemarketers blacklisted since 2011 for pesky calls: Ravi Shankar PrasadTrai itself has received 155 complaints up to July 10, 2019, including 70 (Airtel), 67 (Vodafone), and 11 (Reliance Jio).
Trai blacklisted over 2 lakh pesky callersTelecom operators shared that over 9.4 lakh complaints have been registered since the time the regulation has been in place till July 3, 20...
Trai disconnects 14 lakh phones of unregistered telemarketersTelecom regulator Trai has disconnected 14 lakh phones and blacklisted 1.8 lakh unregistered telemarketers for two years for sending pesky ...
13 telcos fined Rs 5.04 crore for Pesky communicationsTrai has imposed a fine of Rs 5.04 cr on 13 telecos for non-compliance with regulations relating to unsolicited commercial communications.
Pesky calls: Over 25,000 entities blacklisted, says Kapil SibalAs per Trai guidelines, only registered telemarketers can make promotional calls and only to those numbers which are not registered with DN...
Unauthorised telemarketing increased in last one year: Milind DeoraUnauthorised telemarketing has increased over last one year and on an average 46,402 complaints are received per month.
Notices issued to 246 telemarketers for violating norms15 telemarketers have been blacklisted from September 27, 2011 -- when Trai issued guidelines on unsolicited commercial communications -- t...
DoT may suggest steep fine of Rs 20,000 on every pesky callEvery unsolicited commercial call by a telemarketer may invite a penalty of Rs 20,000 as DoT in its comments on proposed Right to Privacy B...
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Unsolicited telemarketing text messages that mobile phone users listed with telecom regulator Trai's NDNC registry continue to receive.
- Trai set to unveil norms to bar pesky calls today
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is set to announce a new mechanism to effectively arrest pesky commercial calls on Wednesd...