Telcos deploy tech to block all pesky messages: COAITelecom operators in India have implemented technology to block pesky messages, effective December 11, 2024. This follows a mandate from th...
11 Dec, 2024, 09.28 PM IST
Trai extends deadline on traceability mandate to December 1The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has granted a one-month extension to December 1 for implementing traceability mandates on ...
30 Oct, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
Telcos call for TRAI deadline extension as message traceability mandate threatens OTP deliveriesTelecom operators in India warn of potential disruptions in delivering essential messages from banks and other institutions due to a new ma...
24 Oct, 2024, 08.22 AM IST
TRAI asks telecom firms to block bulk calls & adopt blockchain for spam control"The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed telecom providers and telemarketing firms to address the issue of bulk roboca...
06 Aug, 2024, 07.12 PM IST
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 ...
26 Jul, 2023, 11.04 PM IST
How to block irritating marketing spam calls, activate Do Not Disturb (DND) on Jio, Airtel, ViDespite several measures by Trai in the past few years, the problem of pesky telemarketing calls and messages has remained as it is. Howeve...
06 Jul, 2023, 12.52 PM 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
- Nearly 28,000 phones disconnected for sending pesky calls: Kapil Sibal
Govt has issued close to 45K notices to unregistered telemarketers & disconnected nearly 28K telephones till April 24 for sending pesky cal...
06 May, 2012, 03.00 PM IST
- Over 36k notices sent for unsolicited commercial calls: Trai
Over 36,000 subscribers have been issued notices, and services to 22,000 users has been disconnected for violating norms.
29 Mar, 2012, 10.16 PM IST
- ET in the classroom: What Are Pesky SMSes?
Unsolicited telemarketing text messages that mobile phone users listed with telecom regulator Trai's NDNC registry continue to receive.
10 Nov, 2011, 02.41 AM IST
- 'Space' aids pesky calls, SMSs
There is something more feverish than the pace with which telemarketing agents are crowding cellphones with promotional material every morn...
02 Oct, 2011, 10.05 AM IST
- Telemarketers ask people to remove nos from don't-call list
Days before rules to curb pesky calls and SMSes take effect, telemarketing firms are sending messages to cellular subscribers to remove the...
27 Feb, 2011, 10.49 AM IST
- Subscribers to wait till Feb 1 for relief against pesky calls
"Telemarketers Registration shall commence from January 15, 2011 and other provisions shall come into force from February 1, 2011," Trai sa...
28 Dec, 2010, 08.49 PM IST
- Mobile users may get relief from pesky calls from February
Mobile subscribers may have to wait for some more time to get relief from unsolicited calls and SMSes as telecom regulator TRAI is likely t...
28 Dec, 2010, 02.00 AM IST
- DoT, TRAI spar over pesky calls
The Department of Telecom (DoT) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) are headed for a turf war over who will regulate pesky...
23 Dec, 2010, 01.22 AM IST
- 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...
01 Dec, 2010, 07.28 AM IST
- No unsolicited telemarketing calls, SMSes from today
Millions of telecom subscribers in India would finally heave a sigh of relief from Monday when the much-awaited do-not-call-registry comes ...
12 Nov, 2007, 09.18 PM IST