Centre asks Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to curb WhatsApp-centric scamsIndia's Ministry of Electronics and IT is working with Meta to address the rise of WhatsApp scams. The scams involve fraudulent messages an...
06 Dec, 2024, 04.41 PM IST
Govt to form panel to draft guidelines to check pesky callsThe Indian government may consider regulating or issuing guidelines to over-the-top channels like WhatsApp to combat the rise of pesky call...
15 Feb, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
Mobile numbers deactivated or disconnected on subscriber's request not allocated for at least 90 days: TRAI to SCThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has informed the Supreme Court that mobile phone numbers deactivated for non-usage or at t...
03 Nov, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
OTT platforms like Meta, Google and WhatsApp to step up due diligence to curb pesky calls, phishingWhile a few models to check spam and phishing are being worked on, the regulator does not want to disclose the details so as not to alert f...
05 Jul, 2023, 09.56 AM IST
Trai pings OTT cos to form joint front against phishing, spamsThe telecom regulator will soon call the app makers for a meeting during which it will discuss how these over-the-top (OTT) communication p...
22 Jun, 2023, 08.19 AM IST
Scammers target WhatsApp users with phishing attemptsThe problem is that while telcos and the regulator have been working to create artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions to check spam c...
21 May, 2023, 11.31 AM IST
Telcos urge Trai to speed up setting of data tariff floorAt a meeting last week with PD Vaghela, the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), telcos also called on him to ...
27 Oct, 2020, 07.05 AM IST
Trai to tackle regulatory imbalance in OTT consultation processThe regulator is holding an open house discussion in Bengaluru on April 24, followed by one in Delhi next month.
22 Apr, 2019, 11.12 AM IST
Trai recommendations on OTT issue likely by February-end: R S Sharma"We will be organising open house discussions soon.And hopefully, by the end of the next month, we should be able to come up with recommend...
28 Jan, 2019, 03.55 PM IST
Trai extends comment deadlines for discussion paper on regulating communication appsEarlier this month, Trai sought the industry’s views to identify which of these apps should be regarded as providing the same services as m...
07 Dec, 2018, 06.15 PM IST
Supreme Court refers WhatsApp privacy policy matter to Constitution benchA bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said the parties should appear before the Constitution bench and formulate ...
05 Apr, 2017, 01.14 PM IST
Privacy concerns over data-sharing policy: Supreme Court notices to WhatsApp, FacebookThe Delhi High Court had on September 23 partially allowed a plea by ordering to delete all WhatsApp data prior to September 25, when the n...
17 Jan, 2017, 12.34 AM IST
Delhi HC orders WhatsApp to scrub off user data once the app is uninstalledThe judges asked WhatsApp to delete information of users who do not want to remain on it and not share any information with FB after the ac...
24 Sep, 2016, 02.50 AM IST
Bharti Airtel may not get TRAI nod to offer foreign company's exclusive video content to some usersAirtel had written to Trai last week, seeking clarification on its plan to exclusively offer its customers certain video content through a ...
07 May, 2016, 02.44 AM IST
TRAI to firm up position on net neutrality in couple of monthsAmid continuing debate over net neutrality, TRAI Chairman R S Sharma today said the regulator would firm up its position on the issue in a ...
23 Sep, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
Report on net neutrality to be out soon: Ravi Shankar PrasadUnion Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that the report on net neutrality would b...
27 Jun, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
TRAI paper on broadband next month; WhatsApp, Skype etc in queueThe TRAI is also planning to issue a consultation paper to discuss regulatory framework around Over-the-top (OTT) players like WhatsApp, Sk...
20 Aug, 2014, 01.51 PM IST