The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has threatened to cut telecom services to seven public and private sector banks.

Trai today said seven banks, were involved in pesky communications and warned that their telecom resources could be disconnected.

Trai directed the telcos to submit, by the 15th of every month, a list of all bulk connections provided during the preceding month.

A large number of complaints pertain to calls or messages received by consumers on behalf of banks, insurance cos, builders and so on, Trai...

There is something more feverish than the pace with which telemarketing agents are crowding cellphones with promotional material every morn...

More than 850 million customers are expected to get relief from pesky calls and messages, selling everything rom real estate to weight loss...

The answer: Penalties for cold calls were much lower than telemarketers' profits. And SMS marketing is even more lucrative.

Telcos themselves resort to a lot of unsolicited SMS and IVR for communicating their product/tariff offers to subscribers and do not wish t...

Irda today issued guidelines on distance marketing of products to protect the interest of people who buy policies over phone or Internet.

Famed American investor Warren Buffett will meet individuals that have bought insurance policies through his Indian venture Berkshireinsura...

Billionnaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will enter India’s insurance turf as a corporate agent for Bajaj Allianz General ...

Berkshire Hathaway, conglomerate led by billionaire Warren Buffett, said it plans to enter the Indian insurance sector as a corporate agent...

IRDA has asked insurers to restrict outsourcing of core activities like claims, underwriting and policy servicing to guard against major fi...

Chairman J Hari Narayan stresses on the need for a mechanism to provide clarity on regulatory framework to ensure investor confidence in th...

The regulator should adopt global best practices in the regulation on distance marketing, taking a cue from countries such as south Korea, ...

Infovision, IBM Daksh, Intelenet, MphasiS BPO are set to gain as large customers have started transferring processes to them.

Regulators the world over are coming down hard on companies selling insurance through unsolicited phone calls, yet telephone retailing appe...