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Business: Spam calls: last two weeks | News India


In the last two weeks, nearly 50 companies have been blacklisted by telecom service providers for spam calls and messages and over 2.75 lakh mobile numbers and telecom resources have been blocked following the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) crackdown on spam calls. And the message is

After this action of telecom companies, TRAI said that this step is expected to have a significant impact on reducing spam calls and providing relief to users. TRAI has appealed to all parties to follow the instructions issued by the regulator and cooperate in making the telecom ecosystem cleaner and more efficient.

TRAI on August 13 issued strict guidelines for telcos to curb spam calls and messages and mandated that advertisements from unregistered telemarketers be blocked.