New Delhi: In a major relief for business houses, telecom sector regulator TRAI today exempted messages generated by and sent to automated technical systems from the 200 SMS per sim cap imposed to curb pesky telemarketers.
"TRAI has received representations from the stakeholders that in view of the limit of 200 SMSes per day per SIM, they are not able to send machine-to-machine and person-to-machine SMSes, which are sent by them to initiate processes or applications for their operational requirements," Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Advisor A Robert J Ravi said in a statement today.
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12:05 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: Telecom service providers need to take steps to completely eradicate the menace of unsolicited commercial calls and messages, said the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). "We are doing an audit of what the service providers are doing and we have found that some service providers need to tighten their measures," TRAI chairman J.S. Sarma said on the sidelines of a business event here. Acknowledging that SMS messages...
09:04 AM, Nov 20, 2011
New Delhi: Consumers will now be able to send up to 200 SMSes per day from a SIM, as against the earlier limit of just 100 SMSes per day imposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). "The authority has received representations from some of the service providers and consumers to increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM. The authority has considered these representations and decided...
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New Delhi: Irritating calls from telemarketers will be a thing of past from Tuesday as telecom operators are going to block pesky calls and messages as per regulator Trai's recommendations. "All our operators are ready to implement the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to curb the menace of unsolicited calls and SMSes. However, we are concerned about the 100 SMSes per SIM a day and we...
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Hyderabad: Way2SMS, Hyderabad-based web portal, which offers free messaging from PC to mobile, has disclosed it has reached a milestone of 20 million users. Its platform is managing a massive 365 million mobile contacts and is reaching over 55 million mobiles every month. Way2SMS adds about seven lakh new users to its service every month, said a statement from the portal. "With twenty million registered users, one in every four...
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