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Airtel Partners With Google to Offer AI-Powered Spam Protection for RCS Messaging in India
Bharti Airtel has partnered with Google to roll out secure RCS messaging in India to tackle spam and digital fraud. The service, available via the Google Messages app on Android, integrates Airtel’s AI-based spam detection with Google’s RCS platform. Airtel said its systems have blocked 71 billion spam calls and 2.9 billion SMS in 18 months, re...
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Spammers Targeted Indian Users With Over 4,100 Crore Calls and 12,903 Crore Messages in 2025, Truecaller Says
Truecaller has published its India Insights Report for 2025, offering insights about India's digital spam and scam landscape. It says a total of 4,168 crore spam calls were identified across India during the year. The app says it has blocked 1,189 crore spam calls in India last year. This shows an average spam call duration of 1.8 minutes. The co...
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Big Row Over Centre's Sanchar Saathi Directive To Phonemakers
A massive political row has erupted over the Centre's direction to mobile phone manufacturers to install the Sanchar Saathi mobile app in all handsets manufactured or imported in India
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Blocking Not Enough To Stop Spam Calls, Report On DND App: Telecom Regulator
Simply blocking phone numbers on mobile devices will not stop spam calls; instead, subscribers should report them through the Trai DND app, the telecom regulator said on Monday.
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Google Pixel 10's Take a Message Feature Rolls Out to Older Pixel Phones
Google’s Take a Message feature is rolling out to Pixel 4 and later phones in the US, UK, Ireland, and Australia, with support from most carriers except Dish. Some Pixel 9 users have already received it, and a wider rollout is expected soon. The feature also works on Pixel Watch 2 and later watches when paired with a Pixel 6 or newer phones. It s...
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Truecaller to Discontinue Call Recording Feature on iPhones from September 30
Truecaller will soon stop offering the call recording functionality on iPhone. The Swedish caller ID app re-introduced this ability on both Android and iOS platforms almost two years ago, following the prior discontinuation after Google cracked down on APIs designed for accessibility features related to voice calls. Instead, Truecaller will focus o...
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Truecaller Rolls Out Real-Time Caller ID and Automatic Blocking of Spam Calls for iPhone
For a long time, Truecaller had been peripherally equipped for the iPhone due to Apple’s stringent walled garden, but not anymore. The company on Wednesday announced that it is rolling out API support for iPhone that will enable features such as real-time caller identification and automatic blocking of spam telephone calls on Apple devices.
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MyJio App Now Allows Users to Customise DND Preferences on Their Reliance Jio Number
MyJio app allows users to activate do not disturb (DND) on their respective numbers. Now the app allows people to set some granular preferences. Certain options will help stop the users from getting any spam or promotional calls or messages. Some preferences will allow users to selectively block commercial communication.
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Truecaller for iOS Rolls Out Support for Automatic Spam Protection for Premium Users
Fulfilling the wishes of iPhone users, Truecaller will now bring in automatic spam blocking functionality with iOS 18. It is a guarantee that it will make the spam protection feature work on the Apple devices in toto to match it to the same with Android, which had enjoyed the feature for a long time. The most noteworthy feature of this update is t...
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2.75 Lakh Telephone Numbers Blocked As Telecom Body Cracks Down On Spam Calls
As many as 2.75 lakh telephone numbers have been disconnected and services to 50 entities blocked as part of regulator Trai's massive crackdown against pesky calls and unregistered telmarketers.
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Airtel Partners With Google to Offer AI-Powered Spam Protection for RCS Messaging in India
Bharti Airtel has partnered with Google to roll out secure RCS messaging in India to tackle spam and digital fraud. The service, available via the Google Messages app on Android, integrates Airtel’s AI-based spam detection with Google’s RCS platform. Airtel said its systems have blocked 71 billion spam calls and 2.9 billion SMS in 18 months, re...
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Spammers Targeted Indian Users With Over 4,100 Crore Calls and 12,903 Crore Messages in 2025, Truecaller Says
Truecaller has published its India Insights Report for 2025, offering insights about India's digital spam and scam landscape. It says a total of 4,168 crore spam calls were identified across India during the year. The app says it has blocked 1,189 crore spam calls in India last year. This shows an average spam call duration of 1.8 minutes. The co...
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Big Row Over Centre's Sanchar Saathi Directive To Phonemakers
A massive political row has erupted over the Centre's direction to mobile phone manufacturers to install the Sanchar Saathi mobile app in all handsets manufactured or imported in India
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Blocking Not Enough To Stop Spam Calls, Report On DND App: Telecom Regulator
Simply blocking phone numbers on mobile devices will not stop spam calls; instead, subscribers should report them through the Trai DND app, the telecom regulator said on Monday.
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Google Pixel 10's Take a Message Feature Rolls Out to Older Pixel Phones
Google’s Take a Message feature is rolling out to Pixel 4 and later phones in the US, UK, Ireland, and Australia, with support from most carriers except Dish. Some Pixel 9 users have already received it, and a wider rollout is expected soon. The feature also works on Pixel Watch 2 and later watches when paired with a Pixel 6 or newer phones. It s...
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Truecaller to Discontinue Call Recording Feature on iPhones from September 30
Truecaller will soon stop offering the call recording functionality on iPhone. The Swedish caller ID app re-introduced this ability on both Android and iOS platforms almost two years ago, following the prior discontinuation after Google cracked down on APIs designed for accessibility features related to voice calls. Instead, Truecaller will focus o...
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Truecaller Rolls Out Real-Time Caller ID and Automatic Blocking of Spam Calls for iPhone
For a long time, Truecaller had been peripherally equipped for the iPhone due to Apple’s stringent walled garden, but not anymore. The company on Wednesday announced that it is rolling out API support for iPhone that will enable features such as real-time caller identification and automatic blocking of spam telephone calls on Apple devices.
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MyJio App Now Allows Users to Customise DND Preferences on Their Reliance Jio Number
MyJio app allows users to activate do not disturb (DND) on their respective numbers. Now the app allows people to set some granular preferences. Certain options will help stop the users from getting any spam or promotional calls or messages. Some preferences will allow users to selectively block commercial communication.
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Truecaller for iOS Rolls Out Support for Automatic Spam Protection for Premium Users
Fulfilling the wishes of iPhone users, Truecaller will now bring in automatic spam blocking functionality with iOS 18. It is a guarantee that it will make the spam protection feature work on the Apple devices in toto to match it to the same with Android, which had enjoyed the feature for a long time. The most noteworthy feature of this update is t...
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2.75 Lakh Telephone Numbers Blocked As Telecom Body Cracks Down On Spam Calls
As many as 2.75 lakh telephone numbers have been disconnected and services to 50 entities blocked as part of regulator Trai's massive crackdown against pesky calls and unregistered telmarketers.
