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Jio IPO: Spectrum acquisition, among 7 risks investors need to know about India’s largest offerThe IPO comes at a time when Jio's operating performance remains robust. For the March quarter of FY26, the telecom giant reported a 13% ye...
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...
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...
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...
Consumer affairs ministry to issue guidelines to curb pesky calls, messagesThe Department of Consumer Affairs is finalizing guidelines to combat spam calls and messages, working with stakeholders and the Department...
COAI calls on DOCA to notify rules to rein in spam calls, messagesIndia's leading telecom companies are pushing for stricter rules against spam. They want the government to act fast on unwanted business ca...
Govt extends deadline for public comments on draft guidelines to curb spam calls, msgs till Aug 8The government has extended the deadline to August 8 for public comments on draft guidelines aimed at curbing unsolicited business communic...
Centre puts guidelines for curbing pesky call menace in public domain; invites commentsAccording to estimates, India ranks among the largest markets for SMS phishing, amid a growing mobile user base and low phone tariffs. Some...
Govt issues draft guidelines to curb unsolicited biz messages, calls; seeks public commentsConsumer Affairs Ministry seeks public comments on draft guidelines to curb unsolicited and unwanted business communications like promotion...
Will use AI tools to tackle growing instances of spam on WhatsApp: Meta’s Nikila Srinivasan“From WhatsApp’s perspective, a core principle we follow is that anything has to be reliable and private. Anything that invades our privacy...
Soon-to-be unfair trade practice, telemarketing & fraudulent calls to incur criminal liabilityThe Department of Consumer Affairs is working to bring out relevant guidelines in a couple of months. These will put accountability on tele...
Indiamart moves HC, seeks exemption from TRAI directive on pesky messagesThe High Court, on Monday, did not issue any interim direction and allowed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) time till April 30 ...
Putting a lid on it: Pesky spam calls find a blockchain solutionDespite the prevalence of a ‘do not disturb’ registry, unscrupulous elements have found ways to bypass it and target customers with spam. N...
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...
- Pesky SMSs, calls down but not out
Unsolicited pesky calls and SMSs are down, but not out, despite the telecom ministry and regulator Trai’s efforts to free mobile subscriber...
- Trai says ‘Do Call’, companies say sorry
Industry wants existing norms to be strengthened to make ‘do not call’ registry more effective.
- Telemarketers oppose creation of 'Do Call Registry'
Teleocm sector regulator Trai’s attempts to replace the failed Do Not Call registry with a Do Call registry to offer relief to consumers ha...
- RBI's directions to NBFCs to restrict unsolicited calls
With a view to curb unsolicited calls, the Reserve Bank has asked non-banking finance companies to engage only those telemarketers which ar...
- RBI's asks NBFCs to restrict unsolicited calls
To curb unsolicited calls, the RBI has asked non-banking finance firms to engage only those telemarketers which are registered with DoT. Ce...
- Mobile firms not to share info with tele-marketers
All mobile service providers are restrained from sharing any kind of information to any company promoting their business by way of tele-mar...