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
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
All PEs to complete verification of headers, content templates immediately: TRAI on pesky messages issueThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed all principal entities, including banks and financial institutions, to conduc...
25 May, 2023, 02.15 PM IST
Telcos mull deploying AI to check pesky calls amidst surge in fraudThe move comes even as mobile users are being increasingly bombarded by the menace of pesky calls and messages, leading to thousands of cro...
09 Mar, 2023, 11.25 PM IST
76 pc people see rise in pesky calls after interaction with WhatsApp biz accountsWhen contacted, a Meta spokesperson said that Whatsapp has built systems that make it faster for WhatsApp to suspend a business from sendin...
22 Feb, 2023, 10.22 PM 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
Pesky calls issue: Apple writes to TRAI on new features to flag spam callsThis new capability, the company said, provides developers with the ability to create an app extension that allows users to report both unw...
07 Aug, 2018, 10.36 PM IST
New Trai pesky calls norms won't help, say consumers bodyTrai came out with the rules on Thursday, making it mandatory to seek subscriber consent for receiving unsolicited commercial communication...
20 Jul, 2018, 11.01 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
Trai extends deadlines for comments on Unsolicited Commercial Communication paperTrai said it has now sought comments and counter-comments by November 9 and November 16 instead of the earlier October 12 and October 26 de...
11 Oct, 2017, 05.15 PM IST
Trai moots robust mechanism to end pesky calls, seeks industry viewTelemarketers were directed not to send messages, even to consumers who had not opted for receiving such messages, between 9 pm and 9 am.
15 Sep, 2017, 12.38 AM IST
Trai issues paper to review do-not-disturb normsAcknowledging that the current system has failed in checking such calls and messages, Trai issued a consultation paper on Thursday.
14 Sep, 2017, 10.29 PM IST
Mobile users may get relief from pesky messages; TRAI meet todayMobile phone users may get some relief from pesky messages and unwanted value added services that have been activated without their consent
23 May, 2013, 02.16 AM 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