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Consent creation in client service callsCustomer call recordings in India lack true consent. Companies record calls for quality checks, but customers have no choice. This data col...
Trai to roll out user-friendly DND app to combat spam menace"The intention is to make it user-friendly... the experience should be good, and it should become the preferred app for DND registration," ...
DoT suspends 2 telemarketers for sending fraud messagesThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has suspended the operations of V-con Intelligent Security, a part of the Videocon Group, and On...
FTC sues Grand Canyon University for deceptive advertising, illegal telemarketingThe complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, targets Grand Canyon Education Inc (GCE), the university's CEO...
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...
TRAI chief R S Sharma defends pesky calls rules, says has mandate to save customersTRAI Chairman R S Sharma said that if any of the stakeholders felt that the said rules were illegal or beyond the regulator's mandate, they...
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...
- Pesky SMSs, calls down but not out
Unsolicited pesky calls and SMSs are down, but not out, despite the telecom ministry and regulator Trai’s efforts to free mobile subscriber...
- Trai recommendations on blocking lost, stolen mobiles by December
Telecom regulator Trai is likely to come out with its final recommendations on blocking lost and stolen mobiles by December.
- TRAI recommendations soon on blocking lost, stolen mobiles
Telecom regulator TRAI may soon finalise recommendations on blocking lost and stolen mobiles to provide relief to people.
- Can those calls from 70xxx..... build brands?
Telcos themselves resort to a lot of unsolicited SMS and IVR for communicating their product/tariff offers to subscribers and do not wish t...
- Illegal telemarketing cos to face the heat
DoT and Trai will together come out with stringent action against unregistered telemarketing companies who send bulk text messages and make...
- TRAI to seek industry views on Do-Call Registry
Telecom regulator TRAI will issue consultation paper this week for stakeholders to elicit views on a 'Do-Call' registry where only register...
- Vote 4 me: 60 million cell users get spammed as politicos go tech savvy
Here' one mobile phone application that most users might find too bugging-political SMS campaigns via cell phones. Online music leaks I iPh...
- SC asks govt to introduce do-call register
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to introduce a system of ‘do-call register’ within six weeks to curb the menace of unsol...
- Pesky calls: SC asks Govt to introduce 'Do Call Register'
Pesky calls made to unsuspecting cellphone users by telemarketing cos have not stopped completely despite government's efforts, the SC note...
- 'Ensure exemplary punishment to banks for illegal recovery'
The Banking Ombudsman has asked the government to initiate policy measures to ensure exemplary punishment to banks for adopting illegal met...
- Don’t make unsolicited calls to cell users: HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained telemarketers from making unsolicited calls to mobile phone users, irrespective of the fact whet...
- 'No unsolicited calls to consumers'
The Delhi High Court today restrained telemarketers from making unsolicited calls to mobile phone users, irrespective of the fact whether o...
- Mobile service providers, telemarketers warned again
The State Consumer Commission has restrained mobile phone service providers from sharing any kind of information regarding their subscriber...