Pesky Calls

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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.

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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.

• 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.

• No respite from pesky SMSes

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• Have you registered to block junk SMSes?

  Millions of mobile subscribers across the country are likely to get relief from pesky commercial calls and messages with the regulations preventing such communications coming into effect on Tuesday.

• No more pesky calls, SMSes from today

  Millions of mobile subscribers across the country are likely to get relief from pesky commercial calls and messages with the regulations preventing such communications coming into effect on Tuesday.

• Telecom regulator sticks to 100 SMS a day plan

  In its effort to stop the menace of unwanted communication, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI has said that as of now, there is no plan to do away the restriction of 100 SMSes per SIM per day for all subscribers, except on special occasions like Diwali, Eid or other festivals.

• From Sept 27, stop telemarketing calls, texts. Here's how.

  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 Authority of Ind...

• Cash for Spam: New campaign against pesky calls, SMSes

  The BJP says it has launched a campaign asking that telecom operators pay cellphone users who receive automated calls and promotional SMSes. The BJP has christened its campaign "Cash for Spam."

• Pesky calls may continue for another year

  The menace of pesky calls is likely to continue for another year at least as state-run BSNL has said that it will take 10 months after getting necessary approval to upgrade its network - vital to implement TRAI's idea of identifiable number series to tele-marketing firms.BSNL's upgrade of its network is essential as all calls are inter-connected ir...