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Inside the Musk–OpenAI trial: Key moments from the billion-dollar legal battleElon Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging the AI company abandoned its nonprofit mission for profit. He claims he was misled about the shift to a...
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Trai says commercial SMSs getting delivered smoothlyThe overall delivery rate till late Thursday was 84.11%, meaning 600 million commercial SMSes have been able to pass the rigid filters, or ...
02 Apr, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Commercial SMS traffic grows by up to 20% despite recent price hike by telcosAccording to industry estimates, currently, around 1.3 billion commercial SMSes are being sent every day – even after absorbing a 30% hike ...
09 Nov, 2020, 12.44 PM IST
Trai raps telcos for delaying registration of private, govt-owned telemarketersAbout two years ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had issued rules, making it mandatory for telcos to seek subscriber c...
22 Jun, 2020, 03.32 PM IST
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...
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TRAI may consider scrapping interconnection fee, mulls seeking viewsThe IUC for text messages is paid by a telco to the network receiving the SMS. It is similar to the IUC for voice calls, which was recently...
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- 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
- Trai slaps charge on bulk SMSes
Trai will impose a charge to deter tele-marketers from delivering bulk SMSes in defiance of a three-week-old ban on unsolicited calls and t...
22 Oct, 2011, 02.49 AM IST
- After brief respite, pesky SMSs and calls are back
Barely three weeks into freedom from unsolicited commercial text messages, mobile phone users are again beginning to receive texts advertis...
19 Oct, 2011, 09.14 AM IST
- No more pesky calls, SMSes from Sept 27: TRAI
From last week of Sept, phone users registered with National Customer Preference Registry will be free from pesky calls and SMSes
06 Sep, 2011, 11.03 AM IST
- Telemarketers and cellphone operators are raking in the moolah by sending spam SMSs in bulk while users fret and fume
Now, with a DM-this or LM-that spamming phones all day long with advertisements, users check their messages with a mix of foreboding and ex...
25 Aug, 2011, 09.13 AM IST
- Freedom from unsolicited SMS in 6 weeks: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal
Millions of mobile phone users will be able to get rid of the menace of unsolicited SMS in six weeks when DND number 1909 becomes operation...
19 Aug, 2011, 01.20 PM IST
- Tired of pesky calls? Wait till February 1
India’s 700 million strong mobile phone subscribers will have to wait for relief from the from pesky telemarketers and unwanted commercial ...
29 Dec, 2010, 05.54 AM IST