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  • To curb spam, TRAI allots 160 new mobile series to financial entities

    To curb spam, TRAI allots 160 new mobile series to financial entities

    To curb spam, TRAI allots 160 new mobile series to financial entitiesIANS

    The government has allocated 160 mobile phone series for making transactional and service voice calls for all entities regulated by RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and PFRDA in the first phase, in order to prevent the duping of citizens from the fraudsters.

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) met representatives from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), and other financial institutions and all the telecom service providers (TSPs).

    Once the 160 mobile series is implemented, it will help in the easy identification of the calling entity.

    The meeting provided a platform for the exchange of ideas among the regulators, entities and telecom service providers regarding the effective utilisation of this series, said the Ministry of Communications.

    The operation of the 140 series, at present being used for promotional purposes, is being migrated to distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform and scrubbing of digital consent is also being operationalised, said the Ministry.

    “With the implementation of the above two measures, substantial control on spam calls from 10-digit numbers is expected,” said the Ministry.

    At the meeting, the regulators, banks and other financial institutions emphasised the need to work collaboratively to curb the menace of spam, particularly through voice calls and assured all cooperation for implementation of various initiatives by TRAI in a time-bound manner.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • TRAI refutes claims on charging customers for holding multiple SIMs

    Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

    Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)IANS

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday said that the claims of charging customers for holding multiple SIMs or numbering resources are completely false and baseless and serve only to mislead the public.

    The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), being the sole custodian of telecommunication identifiers (TI) resources, had approached the TRAI through its reference dated September 29, 2022, seeking its recommendations on the revised National Numbering Plan for undertaking efficient management and judicious utilisation of numbering resources in the country.

    TRAI does not issue NOC for mobile tower installation

    TRAI does not issue NOC for mobile tower installationTwitter

    Accordingly, this Consultation Paper (CP) of TRAI on the revision of the National Numbering Plan (NNP) was issued to assess all factors currently affecting the allocation and utilisation of TI resources.

    “TRAI has consistently been advocative of minimum regulatory intervention promoting forbearance and the self-regulation of market forces,” said the telecom regulator.

    “We unequivocally repudiate and emphatically condemn any spurious conjectures that perpetuate the circulation of such misleading information concerning the consultation paper at hand,” it added.

    The TRAI also urged all stakeholders and the general public to refer to the official press release and consultation paper issued by it through its website for accurate information. 

    (With inputs from IANS)