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Ministry seeks views on unwanted calls
The guidelines define "business communication" as any communication related to goods or services like promotional and service messages but excludes pe
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TRAI floats paper for new number system
While TRAI is exploring new number series, it is also thinking of options to penalise telecom operators if they are found holding on to unutilised fix
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Approaching DoT for service number
The communication from the DoT was issued on May 28th. Previously, only the 140 number series were utilized for various commercial purposes.
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Watch out for calls from 160 series
All central and state government entities would use 10-digit phone numbers telephone numbers that begin with 1600 and bear the format 1600ABCXXX
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DoT erects KYC wall to curb SIM misuse
New connections would be issued by telecom operators who would extract an undertaking from the subscribing entity that the SIMs would be out to specif
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Surgical strike against 18 lakh SIMs
A no-holds-barred investigation by different law enforcement agencies to identify SIMS cards being abused for cybercrime has culminated into this deve
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Pesky calls may be termed criminal act
The government is going to soon categorise such calls and sundry unsolicited commercial communication as unfair trade practices
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DoT plan to prevent spam calls
The plan consists of checking spam calls and messages through multiple interventions that involves setting up an inter-ministerial panel to coordinate
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How a recycled number can ruin your peace of mind!
As per norms, telecom companies can disconnect a connection if the user has not used it for six months or has not recharged it during the period
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Chakshu- The platform for lodging cyber crime complaints
The government has recently established a platform named Chakshu to protect people from such cyber crimes and frauds
