California Congressman Eric Swalwell is facing serious allegations of sexual assault from several women. These accusations have intensified...

India's telecom regulator, TRAI, is taking steps to combat spam calls. New proposals include charging businesses for commercial calls. Tele...

With over two billion users, WhatsApp is rolling out tools to help businesses and customers streamline and optimise communication.

Airtel has recommended mandatory scrubbing, business verification, and data sharing between OTTs and telcos to create a unified anti-spam e...

The Department of Consumer Affairs is finalizing guidelines to combat spam calls and messages, working with stakeholders and the Department...

The government has extended the deadline to August 8 for public comments on draft guidelines aimed at curbing unsolicited business communic...

According to estimates, India ranks among the largest markets for SMS phishing, amid a growing mobile user base and low phone tariffs. Some...

Consumer Affairs Ministry seeks public comments on draft guidelines to curb unsolicited and unwanted business communications like promotion...

“From WhatsApp’s perspective, a core principle we follow is that anything has to be reliable and private. Anything that invades our privacy...

The Department of Consumer Affairs is working to bring out relevant guidelines in a couple of months. These will put accountability on tele...

When contacted, a Meta spokesperson said that Whatsapp has built systems that make it faster for WhatsApp to suspend a business from sendin...

The rules that apply to unwanted marketing calls and SMSes don’t apply on the messages sent on Whatsapp. In fact, the social media is large...

The crackdown on pesky calls last month seems to have failed to make much impact as there is no let up in the flow of unsolicited calls & m...

Unsolicited text messages selling everything from cheap holidays to homes are once again making a mockery of the government's bid to restri...

Industry wants existing norms to be strengthened to make ‘do not call’ registry more effective.

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...

Facebook has won a $873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded users with millions of unsolicited messages about drugs and s...