Pesky Calls

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  TRAI Overhauls Rules On Pesky Calls, Spam Messages

  TRAI revamps the regulations on pesky calls and spam messages.

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  Complaints About Pesky Calls, SMSes Drop Over 80%

  According to data shared by the Department of Telecom (DoT), the number of complaints for unsolicited commercial communications (UCC) stood at 58,446 complaints in 2014-15 fiscal (upto October 31) or an average 5,845 complaints/month.

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  Trai Blacklisted Over 2 Lakh Pesky Callers: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  The Telecom Minister shared the details with the Rajya Sabha on Friday, saying these blacklisted marketers will not be issued a connection for two years.

• Telecom regulator relaxes penalty norms on pesky calls

  As per the penalty slab released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, there will be no penalty on telecom operators up to 50 complaints received against them in a week.

• Trai asks banks to deal with pesky calls by mid-December

  Coming down heavily on pesky callers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said on Wednesday that it has penalised some service providers, but has given banks time till the middle of December to check unsolicited commercial calls and SMSs.

• Most pesky callers on Tata Telecom, Reliance Communications, Aircel networks: report

  As per the data compiled by government agencies for the period between September 27, 2011 and August 21, 2013, customers made 627,384 complaints against pesky calls.

• Operators, banks, insurance companies to face action on pesky calls

  The new rules issued by the authority include a fine of Rs 5,000 per complaint on a telecom firm if found that the unsolicited commercial call (UCC) or SMS was made by unregistered telemarketers using its network.

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  Crackdown on pesky calls, SMSes: Phone connection of banks, firms to be terminated

  India's telecom regulator has announced severe action against service providers, banks and companies responsible for bulk, unsolicited phone calls and messages.

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  DoT may suggest steep fine of Rs. 20,000 on every pesky call

  DoT feels that that government should increase penalty for unauthorised interception to Rs. 2 crore from Rs. 1 core charged at present.

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  TRAI to take stringent action against unregistered telemarketers

  TRAI has written to companies in whose name unsolicited communication were made but it did not receive any response from them.

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  Government disconnects 51,000 telephones for pesky calls

  The government has disconnected over 51,000 telephone numbers of such subscribers who had not registered themselves as a telemarketer but were involved in the activity

• Over 51,000 phones disconnected for telemarketing

  The government has disconnected over 51,000 unregistered telephone numbers being used to carry out telemarketing activities till July, 2012, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Milind Deora said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Friday.

• 28,000 telephones disconnected for pesky calls: Kapil Sibal

  The government has disconnected nearly 28,000 telephones till April 24 for sending pesky calls and SMSs using private numbers. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the government has also issued close to 45,000 notices to unregistered telemarketers.

• Relief from pesky calls, SMSes from September 27

  Millions of telecom subscribers (mobile and landline) will finally get relief from unwanted calls and SMSes from September 27. All those subscribers, who have registered with the National Customer Preference Registry (earlier known as 'Do Not Call Registry') would get relief from all commercial communications, the Telecom Regulatory Authorit...

• Telecom regulator issues notice to 900 individuals over pesky calls

  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI has said it has penalised 15 telemarketers till date and notices have been issued to 900 individuals and phones of 90 people has been disconnected for violating norms put in place to curb pesky calls and SMSes.