- Trai to complete digital consent pilot by February
A pilot project for digital consent acquisition is set for completion by February 2026. This initiative aims to secure customer consent for...
17 Oct, 2025, 12.51 AM IST
Trai to roll out user-friendly DND app to combat spam menace"The intention is to make it user-friendly... the experience should be good, and it should become the preferred app for DND registration," ...
17 Dec, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
Airtel urges Trai to regulate OTTs to combat spam surgeAirtel has recommended mandatory scrubbing, business verification, and data sharing between OTTs and telcos to create a unified anti-spam e...
08 Dec, 2024, 10.58 PM IST
Trai extends deadline on traceability mandate to December 1The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has granted a one-month extension to December 1 for implementing traceability mandates on ...
30 Oct, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
Updated regulation on curbing spam calls likely by Jan: TRAI ChairmanThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is set to finalize stricter measures to combat spam calls and messages by January, following a co...
29 Oct, 2024, 07.18 PM IST
Over 2.75 lakh URLs whitelisted by 10,000 entities after TRAI guidanceOver 10,000 businesses have whitelisted more than 2.75 lakh URLs following TRAI's directive to ensure secure message transmission. The regu...
16 Oct, 2024, 08.21 PM IST
New initiatives launched to combat spam and cyber fraud in IndiaThe Department of Telecom, Trai, and private telcos are intensifying efforts to combat spam and unsolicited commercial communication. Initi...
30 Sep, 2024, 04.28 PM IST
New TRAI rule to come into effect from October 1. Here's what it means for Jio, Airtel, and Vi usersTRAI has introduced a new rule requiring telecom companies to provide information about network availability on their websites. This helps ...
28 Sep, 2024, 05.55 PM IST
Airtel CEO Vittal writes to heads of Jio, Vi, BSNL & Tata Tele, wants cos to share details of corporate connectionsIndian telecom operators are exploring collaboration to tackle spam calls and messages. Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal has suggested sharin...
12 Sep, 2024, 08.34 AM IST
Trai's crackdown on pesky calls: Telcos block 2.75 lakh telephone numbers, 50 firmsThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has disconnected 2.75 lakh telephone numbers and blocked services to 50 entities in a crac...
03 Sep, 2024, 06.36 PM IST
Trai's spam call check: 50 entities blacklisted, 2.75 lakh numbers disconnected in two weeksTelecom service providers have blacklisted over 50 entities and disconnected more than 2.75 lakh mobile numbers following TRAI's crackdown ...
03 Sep, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
Crackdown on pesky telemarketers: TRAI asks telcos to curb misuse of message headers, content templatesThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has intensified efforts against telemarketing abuse. Starting September 1, 2024, telecom s...
20 Aug, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Trai orders telcos to stop promotional calls from unregistered sendersThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India asked telecom operators to discontinue voice calls from unregistered telemarketers to mitigate sp...
13 Aug, 2024, 02.52 PM IST
Trai directs telcos to blacklist entities misusing connections for spam callsThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) mandated telecom operators to disconnect and blacklist for two years any entity misusing b...
08 Aug, 2024, 08.40 PM IST
Trai calls up telcos for data on calls made below radarThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has intensified its efforts to combat spam and robocalls by directing all telecom companie...
02 Aug, 2024, 12.16 AM 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
- Tired of pesky calls? Wait till February 1
India’s 700 million strong mobile phone subscribers will have to wait for relief from the from pesky telemarketers and unwanted commercial ...
29 Dec, 2010, 05.54 AM IST