Centre puts guidelines for curbing pesky call menace in public domain; invites commentsAccording to estimates, India ranks among the largest markets for SMS phishing, amid a growing mobile user base and low phone tariffs. Some...
21 Jun, 2024, 12.34 AM IST
Top regulators, govt departments join forces to counter pesky calls, online fraudRegulators such as RBI, SEBI, Trai, along with government departments like the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, and ...
22 May, 2024, 05.29 PM IST
Telcos push for compliance parity with OTTs on pesky calls & SMSes"The industry has developed various modules over the DLT framework, which have been reasonably successful, considering the noticeable decli...
21 May, 2024, 11.46 PM IST
COAI hopes Consumer Affairs Ministry's draft guidelines will help tackle pesky callsThe Consumer Affairs Ministry's draft guidelines, supported by COAI, aim to tackle unregistered telemarketers. Telecom Regulatory Authority...
21 May, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Telcos, tech players join forces to counter pesky calls/SMSTelecom operators in India leverage blockchain-based DLT to combat pesky calls, SMS phishing, and protect users. Collaboration with COAI, T...
21 May, 2024, 02.52 PM IST
Trai to tighten rules to check pesky communicationThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) plans to strengthen regulations and increase penalties to combat pesky communications affe...
17 May, 2024, 05.34 PM IST
Soon-to-be unfair trade practice, telemarketing & fraudulent calls to incur criminal liabilityThe Department of Consumer Affairs is working to bring out relevant guidelines in a couple of months. These will put accountability on tele...
14 May, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
74% respondents getting pesky messages despite being in Trai's DND list: SurveyRegulations regarding pesky calls are managed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). It has provision to penalise pesky calle...
12 Jul, 2021, 08.06 AM IST
SMS traffic back to nearly 1 billion per day under new system to check pesky messagesThe volume of SMSes delivered per day had declined almost 30% to 700 million in the first week of April as business entities held back on s...
23 Apr, 2021, 01.17 PM IST
Benefits of new blockchain tech for curbing pesky calls to be visible in a month: Trai chiefSharma said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will review the progress made by operators in this regard in the first we...
01 Jul, 2019, 07.31 PM IST
Pesky call rules not targeting any specific company: TRAI ChiefNew Trai rule has led to industry inferences that operators may be compelled to shut down Apple iPhones on their networks if the latter fai...
24 Jul, 2018, 11.44 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
TRAI warns seven banks for sending pesky communicationsTrai today said seven banks, were involved in pesky communications and warned that their telecom resources could be disconnected.
23 Sep, 2013, 08.27 PM IST
Most pesky callers on Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications, Aircel networks: GovernmentAlmost 80 per cent of pesky calls in the last two years originated in networks of Aircel, Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications.
01 Sep, 2013, 01.03 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