TRAI’s warning for Spammers, Two-year telecom ban for spam calls from September 1
Are you tired of dealing with menace of spam calls and messages, then Don’t worry, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)might impose major to curb this issue soon. According to reports, TRAI will implement new measures to get rid of the spam calls and messages. The rules will be effective from September 1.
TRAI has issued a rule that strict actions will be taken against those people who are found to be misusing the telecom services to make spam calls. The spammers might have to face immediate disconnection of all telecom resources by the service provider and will be blacklisted by all telcos of the country for two-years.
The regulator authority aims to give netizens a safer experience and to warn spammers who misuse SIP/PRI lines for unsolicited communications against such actions. These new regulations will safeguarding consumers from unsolicited commercial communications (UCC) and better compliance by telemarketers.
In order to stop attacks of hackers through potentially harmful links, the telecom regulator has also taken major steps. All messages containing malicious URLs or APKs will not be allowed to delivered. This will save unsuspecting consumers from embroiled into scams or downloading malicious software.
Telecom operators have been given a deadline of October 31, 2024, to complete the technical implementation of entity and telemarketer chain binding to ensure the traceability of message flows. This step will make it easier to track the origin of spam messages, further strengthening the regulatory framework.
Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, minister of state for communications, while responding to queries about spam calls during a recent parliamentary session said that, the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR-2018) has majors to deal with spam calls. For example, the telecom subscribers are allowed to register their preferences in the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, either blocking all commercial communications or selectively blocking categories as per their preference. With this regulation, around 22 crore subscribers have registered their preferences till now.
Despite these measures, unregistered telemarketers (UTMs) have found ways to bypass regulations, that has been known with the significant number of complaints against UTMs. The regulator has received as many as over 12 lakh complaints in 2023 alone.
Meanwhile, the telecom operators have been taking action, including issuing warnings, imposing usage caps, and disconnecting repeat violators.
