New Delhi: Almost 2.8 lakh phone numbers have been disconnected and providers to 50 entities blocked as a part of regulator Trai’s crackdown towards pesky calls and unregistered telemarketers.
The transfer got here after Trai requested telecom corporations to blacklist and disconnect unregistered telemarketers.
In a press release issued on Tuesday, Trai mentioned it has noticed a big rise in spam calls, with greater than 7.9 lakh complaints reported towards unregistered telemarketers within the first half of 2024.
In a bid to place a examine on this, Trai had issued stringent directives to all entry suppliers on Aug 13, and mandated entry suppliers to instantly cease promotional voice calls from unregistered senders or telemarketers.
“Consequent of those instructions, entry suppliers have taken stern measures towards misuse of telecom sources for spamming and blacklisted over 50 entities and disconnected greater than 2.75 lakh cell numbers/telecom sources. These steps are anticipated to have a big affect on decreasing spam calls and offering aid to shoppers,” Trai mentioned.
Trai urged stakeholders to contribute to a “cleaner and extra environment friendly telecom ecosystem”, and mentioned any unregistered telemarketer discovered to be misusing these sources will face extreme penalties, together with disconnection of all telecom sources for as much as two years and blacklisting.
In a bid to tighten noose on pesky callers, Trai final week requested the business if a better tariff must be launched for calls and textual content messages past a sure quantity in a graded method.
In a dialogue paper, the regulator has mooted telecom subscribers making over 50 calls or sending out even 50 SMS a day must be scrutinised as potential pesky callers.
The transfer got here after Trai requested telecom corporations to blacklist and disconnect unregistered telemarketers.
In a press release issued on Tuesday, Trai mentioned it has noticed a big rise in spam calls, with greater than 7.9 lakh complaints reported towards unregistered telemarketers within the first half of 2024.
In a bid to place a examine on this, Trai had issued stringent directives to all entry suppliers on Aug 13, and mandated entry suppliers to instantly cease promotional voice calls from unregistered senders or telemarketers.
“Consequent of those instructions, entry suppliers have taken stern measures towards misuse of telecom sources for spamming and blacklisted over 50 entities and disconnected greater than 2.75 lakh cell numbers/telecom sources. These steps are anticipated to have a big affect on decreasing spam calls and offering aid to shoppers,” Trai mentioned.
Trai urged stakeholders to contribute to a “cleaner and extra environment friendly telecom ecosystem”, and mentioned any unregistered telemarketer discovered to be misusing these sources will face extreme penalties, together with disconnection of all telecom sources for as much as two years and blacklisting.
In a bid to tighten noose on pesky callers, Trai final week requested the business if a better tariff must be launched for calls and textual content messages past a sure quantity in a graded method.
In a dialogue paper, the regulator has mooted telecom subscribers making over 50 calls or sending out even 50 SMS a day must be scrutinised as potential pesky callers.
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