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TRAI Does It Again – No SPAM Regulation Delayed Indefinitely

By Guest Author 4 Comments

TRAI has finally decided to put an end to the regular delay of the No SPAM regulation and has now delayed it indefinitely – until further notice. This is the 5th amendment made since the enforcement announcement of the regulation. May be … Read More »

mobile spam, ndnc, sms spam, trai

28 Feb

No Relief From SMS Spam Yet – TRAI Postpones the New No Spam Policy

By Team PI 4 Comments

Seems “delays” are part of TRAI’s standard operating procedure. The 3G launch was delayed over and over again and now it’s same story with TRAI’s new no spam policy. After postponing the enforcement by a month earlier, TRAI has yet … Read More »

mobile spam, ndnc, sms spam, trai

25 Feb

Block Spammy Calls with XBLOCKR

By sinha 6 Comments

NDNC is an epic failure and now that tele-marketers are back in action, there is a dire need to have a call blocker app that can help one manage incoming calls. XBlockr, a product by Bangalore based Aquilonis Technology is … Read More »

bangalore startups, block spammy calls, mobile startups, ndnc

17 Feb

Vodafone blocks MyToday : NDNC vs. Opt-in

By sinha 7 Comments

After Airtel, Vodafone has blocked MyToday service alleging the service does not comply with the telecom regulations. While Vodafone hasn’t given any concrete reasons (after all, the service is opt-in, so NDNC doesn’t

Airtel, mytoday, ndnc, trai, Vodafone

05 Feb

TRAI’s NDNC for SMS – Not at all SME Friendly?

By sinha 11 Comments

[In conversation with a mobile startup] The recent TRAI guidelines about UCC (Unsolicited Commercial Communication) is causing more grief than doing anything useful to strengthen the regulatory framework to curb UCC. While the motive is good, implementation sucks. What’s the … Read More »

ndnc, politics, sms, spam

04 Feb

Telecom Roundup: DNC covers SMS, Spice Group acquires Cellucom..and more

By sinha 1 Comment

DNC now covers SMS as well and TRAI has mandated all mobile operators have to prefix an identification tag before all application-to-peer (A2P) SMSes being sent from their SMS centres (SMSC) from February 1. Till the TRAI notification, SMS-es sent … Read More »

3G in india, cellucom, ndnc, spice

11 Dec

Indian Politicians don’t give a damn to NDNC

By sinha 1 Comment

The very existence of NDNC has been questioned by the govt. and it seems politicians have called the final blow by spamming 60 million cellphone users Delhi alone witnessed about 5 million SMSes sent out by each of the main … Read More »

ndnc, politics, spam

10 Sep

TRAI’s National Do Not Call Registry (NDNC), Telemarketers and the great Indian tele spam Industry

By sinha 29 Comments

Ever since TRAI announced DO-Not-Call registry service, mobile users are ditching the tele-marketers and within 5 days, over 5 million people have already subscribed to the service. More about the service: Here is how you can subscribe to the Do-Not-Call … Read More »

bankaro, do-not-call-registry, ndnc, trai