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Telcos, businesses spar over calls, SMS consent regimeTelecom companies and banks are in a dispute over India's new digital consent rules for commercial messages. Major telecom players want con...
AI Wants to Answer Your Phone Now: Equal AI’s $30 Million Bet on the Future of Call Screening in IndiaIndian startup Equal AI has raised $30 million to expand its AI-powered call screening platform that answers and filters calls on users' be...
Keshav Reddy's Equal AI raises $30 million in round led by Prosus, Tomales Bay CapitalThe round also saw participation from Think Investments, Valiant Fund, PhonePe founder Sameer Nigam, and Zubin Bharti Mittal, among others....
Telcos urge TRAI to regulate OTT apps as spam shifts onlineTelecom firms report most spam now bypasses regulations via internet apps. They urge the regulator to bring these platforms under control. ...
Airtel launches 'Priority Postpaid' with a 'slicing' tech: Check the 5G plansBharti Airtel has launched "Priority Postpaid," a new service leveraging 5G slicing technology to enhance network experience for postpaid u...
India ranks 5th among world's most spam-affected nations: Truecaller reportIndia is the fifth most spam-affected country globally, with sales and telemarketing calls dominating unwanted communications. A report by ...
Rewiring payments for the AI era: Inside PayU’s transformation playPayU is ramping up its AI-led payments push, building infrastructure for agentic commerce as UPI volumes surge and digital transactions sca...
IAMAI alleges Trai attempts to regulate OTT platformsIndustry body IAMAI claims Trai is overstepping its bounds. Proposed rules for spam calls may unfairly target over-the-top platforms like W...
Telcos vs OTT apps: Trai's spam rules spark row with Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone IdeaTelcos such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea as well as the Cellular Operators Association of India were united in their de...
‘AI not accurate enough to block calls automatically’: Truecaller CEO Rishit JhunjhunwalaTruecaller CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala explains the app's stance on AI spam blocking, emphasizing user consent. He highlights Truecaller's cont...
Truecaller joins telcos against AI-based number blockingTruecaller opposes mandatory AI-driven blocking of spam calls, emphasizing user consent and the potential inaccuracies of AI models. CEO Ri...
TRAI proposes AI tools to detect & block spam calls, messagesTelecom regulator TRAI is proposing new rules. Telecom companies will soon be allowed to use AI tools. These tools will help detect and blo...
TRAI considers action on AI-flagged spam calls without formal complaintsIn a bid to redefine consumer protection, Trai is diving deep into innovative strategies to tackle the nuisance of spam. They're considerin...
Airtel expands alert coverage to int'l calls, SMS to combat rising overseas spams, fraud callsBharti Airtel has introduced new features to combat spam, including expanded detection for international calls and SMS, addressing a 12% ri...
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TRAI calls for joint effort from JCoR members to tackle increasing spam messages, callsThe telecom regulator emphasized the need for a united effort to combat spam messages and calls at a meeting of the Joint Committee of Regu...
Rise in sales calls pulls India to 4th spot among nations most affected by spam calls: TruecallerInterestingly, over 202 million spam calls were made by just one spammer in India this year between January to October — which is over 6.64...
India drops to ninth spot in global spam call tally, Gujarat gets maximum calls: TruecallerIn 2019, India was at the fifth position in terms of number of spam calls received by users. This year, India has dropped down to ninth pos...
Truecaller identifies 29.7 bn spam calls, 8.5 bn spam SMS for users in India in 2019The Swedish company has also rolled out a new spam activity indicator for Android phone users that will give detailed statistics on the spa...
New pesky calls, texts rules to allow consumers take better control: Trai’s SharmaIn September 2017, Trai had come out with a consultation paper and sought views from the stakeholders to curb unsolicited commercial commun...