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26 Oct

TRAI SMS Regulation – 5p Termination Charge For Promotional SMS; eCommerce Exempted

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TRAI has released an amendment to its existing regulation around the telemarketing spam in India. The amendment makes 2 major changes: 1. In order to further deter the sending of promotional SMSs, the Authority has now prescribed ‘a promotional SMS charge’ of Re. 0.05 (five paise) payable … Read More »

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04 Oct

TRAI SMS Regulations – An Optimist’s Solution

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TRAI SMS Regulations - An Optimist's Solution

[A possible solution for the SMS mess that TRAI created. Cross posted from Raghuram K B's Blog. Discussion invited! ] Much has been blogged about whether TRAI did the right thing in handling the spams on phone. For most people it … Read More »

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01 Oct

TRAI, SMS and India- Dilemma, Confusion and Struggle

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TRAI’s recent initiative to cap the number of SMSes a day has sounded the death knell for lots of businesses as well as social solutions. SMS is the prime mode of communication for many specific users e.g. the physically challenged. Many … Read More »

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27 Sep

TRAI Wants You to Innovate [Think Beyond SMS]

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TRAI guidelines become effective from today. They have divided India in two groups – one hates the initiative and the other loves it. If you ask me, I am in second category and feel they have just taken the first … Read More »

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27 Sep

12 Hrs On And First Amendment To TRAI Regulation Comes In [FB, Orkut, JD etc. exempted]

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TRAI has published a notice with amendment regarding 100 SMS per SIM clause for some web businesses in the SMS SPAM Regulation. Though the amendment does not seem to make much sense as it was for the regular users but not … Read More »

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08 Jul

840Mn Mobile Subscribers in India – 70% active. MTNL Least Active [TRAI Report]

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840Mn Mobile Subscribers in India - 70% active. MTNL Least Active [TRAI Report]

TRAI has released the latest data on telecom subscribers for the month ending May 31st 2011. Key Take Aways: 1. Total telecom subscriber base is at 874.68 Mn. 2. Total mobile subscriber base is at 840.28Mn. Active mobile subscriber base … Read More »

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21 Mar

TRAI Does It Again – No SPAM Regulation Delayed Indefinitely

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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 »

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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 »

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31 Jan

Facebook Encourages Users In India Against Government’s No Spam Policy – Compelled?

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The new no-spam policy from TRAI under the National Consumer Preference Register (NCPR) is being implemented from tomorrow and there is already a sort of chaos amongst the businesses relying heavily on SMS as a medium to communicate. There is … Read More »

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