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
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...
28 May, 2013, 08.30 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
Pesky messages: Only 100 SMSes a day at low ratesTo stop the menace of pesky messages, telecom regulator Trai today said only 100 SMSes in a day per SIM card will be allowed at concessiona...
05 Nov, 2012, 07.17 PM 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
TRAI seeks solutions to pesky call menaceThe telecom regulator on Tuesday asked operators to suggest ways to deal with the "gigantic problem" within a fortnight.
11 Oct, 2012, 05.04 AM 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 waives limit for SMSes sent to, generated by machines
Trai today exempted messages generated by and sent to automated technical systems from the 200 SMS per sim cap imposed to curb pesky telema...
25 Jan, 2012, 02.55 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
- Seven SMS biz firm to stop using SMSes originating abroad
In a move that would limit circulation of pesky SMSes originating from destinations abroad, seven large mobile messaging business companies...
12 Jan, 2012, 10.43 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
- Pesky calls: Trai issues notices to 900 individuals
Telecom regulator Trai today said it has penalised 15 telemarketers till date and notices have been issued to 900 individuals.
03 Nov, 2011, 10.50 PM IST
Pesky messages back? TRAI raises SMS limit to 200 per day per SIMTelecom consumers will now be able to send up to 200 SMSes per day from a SIM, as against the earlier limit of just 100 SMSes per day impos...
01 Nov, 2011, 05.32 PM IST
- TRAI imposes 5 paise termination charge on commercial SMSes
Termination charges are paid by an operator from whose network calls or SMS originate to the one on whose network these communications end.
25 Oct, 2011, 05.09 PM IST
- Relief from pesky calls, SMSes from September 27
Millions of telecom subscribers (mobile and landline) will finally get relief from unwanted calls and SMSes from September 27.
05 Sep, 2011, 05.10 PM IST
- Telcos can curb pesky calls in 6 weeks of new numbering series
Telcos have asked a maximum of six-week time to make changes in their network to meet Trai's new rules on pesky calls and SMSes.
25 May, 2011, 07.39 PM IST
- New Trai mandate to make it easier to track down SMS spammers
Keeping unsolicited commercial communications in the form of SMSes at bay is likely to get easier from this month onwards, thanks to a rece...
02 Feb, 2009, 01.17 AM IST