TRAI’s NDNC (i.e. National Do-not-call registry) has failed bigtime (telemarketing companies just didn’t give a hoot to TRAI’s ) and the Supreme court has now ordered the govt.to explore the possibility of having a “Do-Call” registry!
..with the introduction of this register, telemarketing companies would call only the registered cellphone users. Unsolicited calls made to all those cellphone users outside the register would be illegal.[source]
Do Call Telemarketeers
In my opinion, major reason for the failure is also attributed to mobile user’s lack of action in reporting these telemarketing calls (how many of you actually reported a violation?).
Will Do-Call registry solve any purpose?
I don’t think so – but what this really does is that it does validates the business model of permission marketeers in india.
What’s your opinion?
I actually called my cell phone company to complain about a telemarketer (yes you have to lodge a complain with your phone service provider.)
The whole ordeal took me 15 minutes.
Not many people complain when telemarketers call because its very cumbersome to lodge these complaints. And you never know if anything was done with the complaints.
The idea of do-not-call registry is a good one. But like many other instances, Indian bureaucracy manages to screw it up.
The idea of do-call registry is a flawed one (who in their right minds would say – ok telemarketers, give me a call?). I don’t think it’ll pass. Because if it did, it would mean an end to cold-calling in India. So I’m predicting that all the banks and financial institutions are going to use their resources and lobby for the do-call registry to not pass.
i registered for NDNCR from my airtel and the msg said that all msg will stop after 50 days.. and after 50 days no telemarketting sms or call.. i think it really works…
well i registered with ndncr with my service provider ‘airtel’ and i am still bugged with the marketing calls…and when tried to complain about it. i was told i’ll get a form for it at bsnl office…and guess what the bsnl guys had never heared about such a thing…so if any one knows the right prcedure pls let me know…also this one i was told that after complain was made by some person the tele marketer was sued and fined and the aggrived was given a commpensation of 2k…is this thing possible in the system?..