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
Trai calls up telcos for data on calls made below radarThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has intensified its efforts to combat spam and robocalls by directing all telecom companie...
02 Aug, 2024, 12.16 AM 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
Nearly a million complaints regarding spam calls/messages logged in 2022Last year, telcos disconnected 32, 032 numbers that were found in repeated violation of regulations regarding telemarketing, while more tha...
26 Jul, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
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 ...
29 Jul, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
More stringent checks on spam SMSes under new system: TraiThe authority also said that most of the genuine entities have registered themselves since volumes of traffic of commercial communication h...
28 Aug, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
Trai's blockchain solution to tackle pesky calls, messages runs into legal hurdleTanla Solutions — an implementing partner of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) for Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and state-run Bharat ...
08 Jun, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
Blockchain fight against spam may not be landslide victoryTelecom Regulatory Authority of India mandated telcos to adopt blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology that allows only registered user...
25 Nov, 2019, 12.27 PM IST
COAI flags concerns on Trai's draft pesky call norms; seeks cost-benefit mathTrai has sought tightening of the rules around unwanted telemarketing calls and messages, and proposed penalty of up to Rs 76 lakh per mont...
24 Jun, 2018, 03.01 PM IST
Complaints about pesky calls, SMSes drop over 80%In 2013-14 fiscal, the number of such complaints stood at 3,97,772, which comes to an average 33,147 complaints/month.
14 Dec, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
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...
11 Jul, 2014, 07.26 PM IST
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...
23 Aug, 2013, 06.09 PM IST
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...
11 Aug, 2013, 11.31 AM IST
Pesky callers hide in small towns with Chinese gear to evade checksThe crackdown on pesky calls last month seems to have failed to make much impact as there is no let up in the flow of unsolicited calls & m...
12 Jun, 2013, 10.11 AM IST
- Over 51,000 unregistered telephone numbers violating telemarketer guidelines disconnected
The government has disconnected over 51,000 unregistered telephone numbers being used to carry out telemarketing activities till July, 2012.
17 Aug, 2012, 07.46 PM IST
- TRAI disconnects 10k telemarketers
TRAI has said that the telephone connections of over 10,000 telemarketers have been disconnected for calling mobile subscribers registered ...
12 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- 'Do-call-registry isn't a solution'
t’s been a year since the telecom regulator, Trai, put in place a national do-not-call (NDNC) registry to protect consumers from unsolicite...
13 Aug, 2008, 04.11 AM IST