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CNAP Caller ID Service Trials to Curb Spam Calls Rolled Out in Limited Form in India: Report
Telecom operators have begun limited tests of the CNAP (Calling Name Presentation) caller ID display service in India, according to a report. The new CNAP system is being tested in two regions in the country, despite pushback from telcos amid increasing pressure from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Department of Telecom (Do...
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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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After Bengaluru Lawyer's Fraud, "Digital Arrest" Complaint, FedEx Responds
International Courier giant FedEx today said it never requests personal information through unsolicited phone calls, mails or email for its shipped goods.
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Bengaluru Doctor Hits Out At HDFC Over Spam Calls For Loans, Bank Responds
He also shared a few phone numbers from where he had been receiving the spam calls.
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Regulator TRAI Asks Telecom Firms To Curb Intrusive Marketing Calls
Trai on Monday asked telcos to take immediate action to curb pesky calls and messages by getting banks and FIs to clean up unused templates.
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Regulator, Telecom Firms Meet On Intrusive Marketing Calls On March 27
TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ) is scheduled to meet telecom companies on March 27 on the development and implementation of Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) detect solutions.
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92 Percent Mobile Phone Users Get Unsolicited Calls Daily Even on DND: Survey
An overwhelming majority of mobile phone subscribers in India get at least one pesky call every day and 92 percent receive unsolicited calls even after being in the 'Do Not Disturb' list, as per a survey by online firm LocalCircles. According to the survey, 78 percent respondents said they get the highest number of pesky calls from financial servic...
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TRAI to Meet Jio, Airtel and Other Telcos on February 17 to Discuss Plan for Improvement in Services
Telecom regulator TRAI has called a meeting with telcos on February 17 to discuss measures and action plan for improving service quality, review of norms, benchmarks for 5G services, and unsolicited commercial communications. The meeting assumes significance as improvement in telecom service quality is bound to cheer mobile customers, irked by call...
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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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Strictly Implement Norms To Curb Unsolicited Calls: Court To Telecom Regulator
The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed telecom regulator Trai to ensure "complete and strict" implementation of the regulation issued by it in 2018 for curbing unsolicited commercial communications (UCC).
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"Need Loan To Buy A Train": This Old Prank Call Is Going Viral Again
The audio recording of a man's witty response to a possibly unsolicited call from HDFC bank, asking him if needed a loan, has left social media users in splits.
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Bothered By Unknown Calls, Digvijaya Singh Switches Off His Phone
Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday said that he had to switch off his mobile phone as he was annoyed by the unsolicited calls he had been getting repeatedly.
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'Gross and Shocking’: Women Call for New Laws to Stop Cyber-Flashing
In Britain, more than 40 percent of millennial women have been sent an unsolicited photo of a man's private parts, according to a YouGov poll in 2017, while just over half of US millennial women have received a graphic image, according to a separate YouGov poll in the same year.
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How A 'Sacred Games' Blooper Is Giving Indian Man In UAE Sleepless Nights
Sacred Games 2: An Indian expat in Sharjah has been flooded with unsolicited phone calls from around the world ever since the second season of the hit Netflix crime thriller Sacred Games released on August 15. Here is why a Sacred Games blooper is giving him sleepless nights.
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Ex-AIB Comic Called Out For Sex Harassment Pleads "Context". Then A Sorry
Stand-up comic Utsav Chakraborty, who has featured in videos of comedy collective AIB, has been pummelled by sexual harassment allegations on social media, with multiple women sharing their experiences. The comedian has been accused of sending unsolicited pictures of his genitals to women and girls. The allegations surfaced as part of a Twitter thr...
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CNAP Caller ID Service Trials to Curb Spam Calls Rolled Out in Limited Form in India: Report
Telecom operators have begun limited tests of the CNAP (Calling Name Presentation) caller ID display service in India, according to a report. The new CNAP system is being tested in two regions in the country, despite pushback from telcos amid increasing pressure from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Department of Telecom (Do...
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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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After Bengaluru Lawyer's Fraud, "Digital Arrest" Complaint, FedEx Responds
International Courier giant FedEx today said it never requests personal information through unsolicited phone calls, mails or email for its shipped goods.
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Bengaluru Doctor Hits Out At HDFC Over Spam Calls For Loans, Bank Responds
He also shared a few phone numbers from where he had been receiving the spam calls.
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Regulator TRAI Asks Telecom Firms To Curb Intrusive Marketing Calls
Trai on Monday asked telcos to take immediate action to curb pesky calls and messages by getting banks and FIs to clean up unused templates.
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Regulator, Telecom Firms Meet On Intrusive Marketing Calls On March 27
TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ) is scheduled to meet telecom companies on March 27 on the development and implementation of Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) detect solutions.
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92 Percent Mobile Phone Users Get Unsolicited Calls Daily Even on DND: Survey
An overwhelming majority of mobile phone subscribers in India get at least one pesky call every day and 92 percent receive unsolicited calls even after being in the 'Do Not Disturb' list, as per a survey by online firm LocalCircles. According to the survey, 78 percent respondents said they get the highest number of pesky calls from financial servic...
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TRAI to Meet Jio, Airtel and Other Telcos on February 17 to Discuss Plan for Improvement in Services
Telecom regulator TRAI has called a meeting with telcos on February 17 to discuss measures and action plan for improving service quality, review of norms, benchmarks for 5G services, and unsolicited commercial communications. The meeting assumes significance as improvement in telecom service quality is bound to cheer mobile customers, irked by call...
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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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Strictly Implement Norms To Curb Unsolicited Calls: Court To Telecom Regulator
The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed telecom regulator Trai to ensure "complete and strict" implementation of the regulation issued by it in 2018 for curbing unsolicited commercial communications (UCC).
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"Need Loan To Buy A Train": This Old Prank Call Is Going Viral Again
The audio recording of a man's witty response to a possibly unsolicited call from HDFC bank, asking him if needed a loan, has left social media users in splits.
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Bothered By Unknown Calls, Digvijaya Singh Switches Off His Phone
Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday said that he had to switch off his mobile phone as he was annoyed by the unsolicited calls he had been getting repeatedly.
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'Gross and Shocking’: Women Call for New Laws to Stop Cyber-Flashing
In Britain, more than 40 percent of millennial women have been sent an unsolicited photo of a man's private parts, according to a YouGov poll in 2017, while just over half of US millennial women have received a graphic image, according to a separate YouGov poll in the same year.
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How A 'Sacred Games' Blooper Is Giving Indian Man In UAE Sleepless Nights
Sacred Games 2: An Indian expat in Sharjah has been flooded with unsolicited phone calls from around the world ever since the second season of the hit Netflix crime thriller Sacred Games released on August 15. Here is why a Sacred Games blooper is giving him sleepless nights.
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Ex-AIB Comic Called Out For Sex Harassment Pleads "Context". Then A Sorry
Stand-up comic Utsav Chakraborty, who has featured in videos of comedy collective AIB, has been pummelled by sexual harassment allegations on social media, with multiple women sharing their experiences. The comedian has been accused of sending unsolicited pictures of his genitals to women and girls. The allegations surfaced as part of a Twitter thr...
