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Telecom Body Cracks Down, Disconnects Personal Numbers Used For Spam
Any telemarketer that makes spam calls or sends spam text from personal numbers will find the numbers disconnected. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a major crackdown against those engaged in spam calls and text.
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Explained: How Telecom Regulator Is Cracking Down On Spam, Fraud Calls
Taking action to curb the twin problems of spam calls and fraudsters duping people over the phone, the telecom regulator has directed companies to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers and blacklist them for up to two years.
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Centre Launches New Mobile Number Series For Service, Transactional Calls
The Centre on Thursday introduced a new numbering series, 160xxxxxxx, for making service or transactional calls, to help citizens easily identify legitimate calls and curb unsolicited voice calls from telemarketers using 10-digit mobile numbers.
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TRAI Working on Technology to Detect Pesky Calls, Messages; Joint Action Plan on Financial Fraud
TRAI is working on technology to detect pesky calls and messages, the telecom regulator said on Monday. It said that unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) or pesky communication was a major source of inconvenience to the public and impinges on the privacy of individuals. The regulator is also working on a joint action plan with a Joint Committ...
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Indian Man Sentenced To 5 Years In US Prison For Telemarketing Fraud
A 38-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in the US state of Texas for telemarketing fraud and duping innocent customers via Indian call centres.
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How Doosra Tackles Spam by Reversing the Indian Phone Call System
With startup culture thriving in India and the need for ‘going local’ becoming increasingly popular, we take a look at all the hottest tech startups grabbing headlines in the country. Gadgets 360 talks to Aditya Vuchi, Founder and CEO, Doosra to know about the company’s history, growth, and future plans.
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In 2018, India Secondmost Spammed Country In The World: Report
Brazil surpassed India to become the most spammed country in the world in 2018, according to a report from popular communication app Truecaller on Tuesday.
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Microsoft, Tech Mahindra to Create Blockchain-Based Solution to Combat Spam Calls
The solution will bring all the relevant parties in the ecosystem onto Blockchain, helping telecom service providers and telemarketers take care of preference registration and consent acquisition.
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TRAI Curbs Unwanted Commercial Calls, Mandates Subscribers' Consent
TRAI on Thursday announced new regulations that mandate registration of businesses/telemarketers for making such calls and subscribers' consent for receiving the same.
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Stop Robocalls: US States Tell Phone Companies
The attorneys general of 44 U.S. states and Washington D.C. on Wednesday asked the country's largest phone companies to install technology that would allow consumers to block automated telemarketing calls, known as robocalls.
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2013: Telecom regulator imposes Rs 5-crore fine for poor service, pesky calls
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) imposed fines totalling about Rs 5 crore in 2013 on operators for poor services and on telemarketers for pesky calls.
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Operators, banks, insurance companies to face action on pesky calls
The new rules issued by the authority include a fine of Rs 5,000 per complaint on a telecom firm if found that the unsolicited commercial call (UCC) or SMS was made by unregistered telemarketers using its network.
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TRAI to take stringent action against unregistered telemarketers
TRAI has written to companies in whose name unsolicited communication were made but it did not receive any response from them.
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Government disconnects 51,000 telephones for pesky calls
The government has disconnected over 51,000 telephone numbers of such subscribers who had not registered themselves as a telemarketer but were involved in the activity
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Over 51,000 phones disconnected for telemarketing
The government has disconnected over 51,000 unregistered telephone numbers being used to carry out telemarketing activities till July, 2012, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Milind Deora said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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Telecom Body Cracks Down, Disconnects Personal Numbers Used For Spam
Any telemarketer that makes spam calls or sends spam text from personal numbers will find the numbers disconnected. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a major crackdown against those engaged in spam calls and text.
-
Explained: How Telecom Regulator Is Cracking Down On Spam, Fraud Calls
Taking action to curb the twin problems of spam calls and fraudsters duping people over the phone, the telecom regulator has directed companies to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers and blacklist them for up to two years.
-
Centre Launches New Mobile Number Series For Service, Transactional Calls
The Centre on Thursday introduced a new numbering series, 160xxxxxxx, for making service or transactional calls, to help citizens easily identify legitimate calls and curb unsolicited voice calls from telemarketers using 10-digit mobile numbers.
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TRAI Working on Technology to Detect Pesky Calls, Messages; Joint Action Plan on Financial Fraud
TRAI is working on technology to detect pesky calls and messages, the telecom regulator said on Monday. It said that unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) or pesky communication was a major source of inconvenience to the public and impinges on the privacy of individuals. The regulator is also working on a joint action plan with a Joint Committ...
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Indian Man Sentenced To 5 Years In US Prison For Telemarketing Fraud
A 38-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in the US state of Texas for telemarketing fraud and duping innocent customers via Indian call centres.
-
How Doosra Tackles Spam by Reversing the Indian Phone Call System
With startup culture thriving in India and the need for ‘going local’ becoming increasingly popular, we take a look at all the hottest tech startups grabbing headlines in the country. Gadgets 360 talks to Aditya Vuchi, Founder and CEO, Doosra to know about the company’s history, growth, and future plans.
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In 2018, India Secondmost Spammed Country In The World: Report
Brazil surpassed India to become the most spammed country in the world in 2018, according to a report from popular communication app Truecaller on Tuesday.
-
Microsoft, Tech Mahindra to Create Blockchain-Based Solution to Combat Spam Calls
The solution will bring all the relevant parties in the ecosystem onto Blockchain, helping telecom service providers and telemarketers take care of preference registration and consent acquisition.
-
TRAI Curbs Unwanted Commercial Calls, Mandates Subscribers' Consent
TRAI on Thursday announced new regulations that mandate registration of businesses/telemarketers for making such calls and subscribers' consent for receiving the same.
-
Stop Robocalls: US States Tell Phone Companies
The attorneys general of 44 U.S. states and Washington D.C. on Wednesday asked the country's largest phone companies to install technology that would allow consumers to block automated telemarketing calls, known as robocalls.
-
2013: Telecom regulator imposes Rs 5-crore fine for poor service, pesky calls
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) imposed fines totalling about Rs 5 crore in 2013 on operators for poor services and on telemarketers for pesky calls.
-
Operators, banks, insurance companies to face action on pesky calls
The new rules issued by the authority include a fine of Rs 5,000 per complaint on a telecom firm if found that the unsolicited commercial call (UCC) or SMS was made by unregistered telemarketers using its network.
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TRAI to take stringent action against unregistered telemarketers
TRAI has written to companies in whose name unsolicited communication were made but it did not receive any response from them.
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Government disconnects 51,000 telephones for pesky calls
The government has disconnected over 51,000 telephone numbers of such subscribers who had not registered themselves as a telemarketer but were involved in the activity
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Over 51,000 phones disconnected for telemarketing
The government has disconnected over 51,000 unregistered telephone numbers being used to carry out telemarketing activities till July, 2012, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Milind Deora said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Friday.
