Trai issues 'definition' of overseas SMS trafficTrai's introduction of the definition of international SMSes under the unified licence has put an end to a decade long debate between telec...
11 Dec, 2024, 12.04 AM IST
WhatsApp ends global companies' cheap-OTP runWhatsApp raises pricing for international OTPs in India, impacting major companies like Amazon and Google. Strategic move targets enterpris...
27 Mar, 2024, 08.53 AM IST
Amazon, telcos at loggerheads over SMS and its feesBattle lines were drawn following a paper floated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) that said business entities had sough...
05 Aug, 2023, 08.55 AM IST
Sebi bars 11 entities for fraudulent trading in Supreme Tex Mart stockIn its first interim order dated February 2017, the regulator barred Gautam Sanjay Khandelwal from accessing the markets for sending SMSes ...
07 Jul, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
Sebi bans 10 entities for fraudulent trade with fake SMSesThe regulator has collectively referred Goldleaf and the six individuals as "identified entities".
02 Nov, 2017, 03.39 PM IST
Airtel rolls out 10-day international roaming packs with unlimited incoming callsFor Singapore and Thailand, the 10-day roaming pack starts at Rs 1,199 and offers unlimited free incoming calls, 2GB data and 250 minutes o...
26 Oct, 2016, 01.22 PM IST
Routesms to invest up to Rs 30 crore to widen footprintMobile messaging service provider Routesms is looking to invest up to Rs 30 crore in the next six months to expand to 10 new countries.
13 Dec, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
Western Railway observes International Level Crossing Awareness DayThe Western Railway conducted awareness campaign in schools and panchayats across all six divisions.
03 Jun, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
Relief from pesky messages: TRAI caps cheaper SMSes at 100 a dayThe regulator also said that telcos must charge a minimum of 50 paise for every message sent beyond the prescribed limit.
06 Nov, 2012, 05.19 AM IST
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal a victim of pesky messages too"Trai is taking it up (pesky calls/SMSes issue). I also face lot of problem. Every two minutes I get such SMS," Sibal told reporters.
30 Oct, 2012, 03.36 PM IST
Pesky SMSes back in the mask of transactional SMSesTelemarketers have found transactional SMS, such as banking transaction and flight schedule alerts, as a safe and cheap mode of sending the...
21 Feb, 2012, 01.06 PM IST
TRAI directs telecom companies to block pesky SMSes originating from abroadIt was observed that generally such SMSs originated from locations within Germany, Sweden, Fiji, Bosnia, UK, Jersey, Namibia, Panama, etc, ...
20 Jan, 2012, 11.08 PM IST
- Sabeer Bhatia's JaxtrSMS to allow free SMSes
Jaxtr Inc, founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel, launched JaxtrSMS, a cross-platform open texting application to send SMSes to anyone ...
23 Nov, 2011, 09.49 AM IST
- Pesky calls: Trai, telcos working together to end the menace
Telecom regulator Trai and service providers are now working together to find a solution to the problem of pesky calls and SMSes
07 Nov, 2011, 08.09 PM IST
Telemarketing calls: What killed the 'Do Not Call' registry?The answer: Penalties for cold calls were much lower than telemarketers' profits. And SMS marketing is even more lucrative.
24 Apr, 2011, 06.52 AM IST
Ban on bulk SMS till Ayodhya rulingThe government on Wednesday banned bulk SMSes and MMSes for three days leading to the Ayodhya verdict on September 24.
23 Sep, 2010, 03.59 AM IST
- E-scams take the cellphone route
The reality is a different story, as the scammers are not calling from another country, but are comfortably ensconced in a distant suburb i...
14 Apr, 2010, 10.56 AM IST