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Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communication (Reliance GSM and CDMA) have already implemented Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2011 to stop the menace of telemarketing SMSes and sets a cap at 100 SMSs per day per users.
After the TRAI’s announcement on 100 SMS a day limit, GSM Operator’s body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has asked TRAI to reconsider its recommendation regarding the 100 SMS/Day limit, claiming that such a regulation may pose a potential challenge to the “Fundamental Rights” of an ordinary subscriber. But Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to stick to its decision to cap short messaging system (SMS) to 100 per day per SIM for all subscribers, so Free SMS in any form will be limited to 100 SMS per day and no more.
India’s largest Mobile Service operators Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communication are the first mover who have implemented the new SMS rule.They have also send notification SMS to their subscribers in various telecom circles about the the new TRAI’s rule which sets a cap at 100 SMSs per day.
Bharti Airtel in its routine prior notification SMS to its subscribers cites “As per TRAI Regulation Your Current SMS Pack benefits have been revised effective today. You can now send maximum 100 SMS/Day.
Please Note that the Limit of 100 SMS/day will not be applicable on “SMS Blackout Days” or festive occasions, when the subscriber is free to send as many messages he wants as normal or premium SMS rates as well as non SMS Pack users.
TelecomTalk readers Kaushik Roy and Sudhakar has shared the screen-shot of the official SMS what they received from Airtel.
What will happen after 100 SMS /Day ?
There has been lots of buzz going around regarding this one of our fellow TelecomTalk reader Amit Sharma who crossed his 100 SMS/Day Limit shared a screen-shot with us. However some of our sources at mobile operators end cited that 101 th SMS will be failed but still no operator has officially clarified the same.
Now We Ask You, should there be a Limit / Cap on the number of SMSes one can send? or It will hardly have any impact on communication between heavy SMS users when apps like BBM and Whatsapp, Nimbuzz etc that let people to chit chat without any regulator set limits in real-time for free do let us know via comments!
ARJUN CHANDRASHEKAR November 28, 2012 at 12:11 pm
@Mani
What Will you Do? If TRAI Removes SMS Capping. You People always Making SMS In turn Which Makes Network Congestion. so That’s Why TRAI Has Made This Propoganda
jessey November 28, 2012 at 12:01 pm
please make it as 200 sms per day…becoz we students and friends are chatting with each other regarding studies and also their presence all the time..most of the time we are not talking becoz our classes are so far from each other blocks..via text only we are indicting our presence..kindly change to 200 sms per day..
garry November 23, 2012 at 12:38 pm
plzzzzzzz yaar make it atleast 200 per day plzzzzz
sammy November 21, 2012 at 4:45 pm
TRAI shuld remove the 100 sms limit…as v r students n msges are the best way to b in touch vit friend…n bcoz of limit our pocket money is just wasting in rechrgng our cell…n free sms packs r the best way to save our money so there shuld nt b ny lilmit for sms n if thr sme so TRAI shuld increase the limit…kindly TRAI management plz remove this limit…n let us njoy in txtng vit friends aftrall its the main part in student lyf style…n its msg chrgs r to xpnsive fr us
harsh raj October 29, 2011 at 5:21 pm
dear sir the limit of 100 sms per day is very expensive for us we are students and SMS is very easy nd cheap way to touch with our friend circle but now its very bad for us so plz find out the otherway to which can be help us to kep in touch with our frieds cirle……..
Mani October 26, 2011 at 11:20 am
TRAI, Please remove the 100 SMS per day limit. We all are very comfortable to use SMS service within our friends to be in touch. This creates a lot of impact to the Public. Many people are suffering with this SMS limit. If someone needs to send an urgent msg after the limit and if he/she does not has the sufficient balance, it restricts them from conveying the msg to the other person.Also we are fine with the Pesky sms received on our mobile. We just delete it and if needed, we make use of it. Why is that the TRAI torture and make the Public suffer? We cannot afford to spend lot of money on calls and rather its better to use SMS. Please remove this limit of SMS and never ever think of bringing it back.
sankar October 25, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Central government has ruined our rights,only the customers should decide about the number of sms sent/day not some one else. this is a crime,no one has rights to interfer in our liberty and it is not democratic too.kindly change this regulation are else this will cause severe damage in future…………….
raj October 21, 2011 at 1:40 pm
wtf… this just shows how must the provider wants money and are working with TRAI instead of thinking about the customer… they just wants us to apply new sims… and why the hell are there no limit on black days…simple thats when they charge full for sms… one question though… how much do you think TRAI got implimenting this???
roma chauhan October 20, 2011 at 11:47 pm
i’m not satisfied… this is against our fundamental rights… they must have set the limits at-least upto 250-300 msgs, this is so gross!
i feel a pressure when i send every msg… plz reconsider this act!!
Hariharan October 17, 2011 at 8:19 am
what the hell have you done? Just 100sms/day is not sufficient.. we want some changes in TRAI act. We want atleast 500sms/day.If you permit, the mobile operators only attain gain.. If we will send more sms, the sms booster pack will over as earlierly as possible.. then we put booster pack.. Its a gain only.. Then why you like this sms limitation.. Now-a-days we don’t like to use mobiles.. We must want changes……..
Priyank October 12, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Does it really matter how much we are sending when we are ready to pay respective charges. its absolutely wrong. need to extend up to 500 or unlimited
jiya kapoor October 11, 2011 at 1:17 pm
the new rule of limiting 100 sms is should be changed the limit should be atleast made to 500 sms per day..ITthe govt limits the ad messages frm private numbers rather than limiting this..
its jst like a torture to students..
we have ended up wid our skul lyf so sms was d best way to b connected bt now trai has snatched tat too… then wat shoud we do?jji
Himachal Pradesh October 4, 2011 at 11:08 pm
What the hell is going on……….. just 100 SMS per………… how are the students gonna live now………. TRAI should change this rule………….
varun October 4, 2011 at 9:21 am
@Kaushik Roy
NO CHANGE IN SMS PACKS IN DELHI
AIRTEL: RC 88 – 100 SMS PER DAY LOCAL OR STD FOR 30 DAYS
VODAFONE: RC 89 – 100 SMS PER DAY
IDEA: RC 91 – 100 SMS PER DAY
AIRCEL RC 79 – 100 SMS PER DAY
RGSM/RCDMA RC 56 – 100 SMS PER DAY
maxwell October 4, 2011 at 7:39 am
what the hell is this goin on…just 100 sms ped/day………….. thisrule is unjust to common people n too we studentssszz…………we are not so ric ike correpcted mla’s n ministers……………….. to call our dear’s one every now and then……………..
Kaushik Roy October 3, 2011 at 1:28 pm
NEW SMS PACKS IN KOLKATA
AIRTEL: RC 80 – A2A SMS 100 PER DAY AND OTHER 10P/SMS SUBJECT TO 100 PER DAT
VODAFONE:RC 80 – V2V SMS 75 PER DAY AND OTHER 25 PER DAY
IDEA:RC 44 – 100 SMS PER DAY
UNINOR: RC 27 – 100 SMS PER DAY
AIRCEL: RC 49 – 3000 SMS PER MONTH SUBJECT TO 100/DAY
RGSM: RC 39 – ALL SMS 1P/SMS SUBJECT TO 100/DAY
BSNL: RC 52 – 2000 LOCAL AND 1000 STD SUBJECT TO 100/DAY
PLEASE SHARE OTHER CIRCLE SMS PLANS BY DIFFERENT OPERATORS
SAAHIL October 3, 2011 at 7:38 am
what the fucking rule
abhishek September 30, 2011 at 10:56 pm
dis rule sucks …it really do…i mean….wat the hell……srsly……dis is not fair….i use 2 send 300 msgs per day………now wat.
karthik September 29, 2011 at 9:51 pm
what rule is this, restricting messages is not fair… why such rules… it’s not fair . need to change this rule… all will miss their friends sharing etc
Hetram September 28, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Restricting individual sms is very undemocratic ACT by TRAI.
Raj September 28, 2011 at 10:49 am
who r u for restrict my msgs? I am struggling with thhis. Atleast change up to 200sms/day from 100sms/day. I am strongly opposing this rule….
YASH September 27, 2011 at 10:26 pm
do hell with ur policies TRAI………………… This Is Just Like Restricting A Person from Eating Food……………..We Live In A democrating Country and Ae have the right two choose Our Right.
aliya September 27, 2011 at 10:02 pm
its customers right to send as many sms they want think of the people whos business works on these sms!! its not a right move im nt happy
Arsh September 27, 2011 at 7:51 pm
just tried to send my 101st SMS, delivery failed and got a service reply form Idea that “As per TRAI Regulation,your 100 SMS/day limit is over and now your outgoing SMS facility is now blocked”
proximus September 27, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Its not a good move from TRAI.Its a customer’s right to use as many sms they want.
Soumitra Roy September 27, 2011 at 1:44 pm
I got a sms from my airtel company.Thanks airtel,right time iplementation of the act.I am happy.
Kaushik Roy September 27, 2011 at 10:27 am
BC 29 of Vodafone kolkata now offering 75 V2V and 25 V2O for 10 days
earlier it was 300 V2V and 200 V2O for 10 days
nikita bhanot September 27, 2011 at 9:21 am
why are u doin this trai you are a govt body nd u shud no dt u are violatin our rights if we are paying and hav no problm in payin den why d hell you are imposing sily restrictions…all the students are just against it because we students use sms as a mode of comunication pleas reconsider your decision nd do smthn lik u cn snd messages to 100 nos only in a day or increas the messages limit atleast to 500 or een 300…thnx
Mysterious September 27, 2011 at 5:09 am
F****K the TRAI rule.. wht to the old ppl in TRAi knw the importants of the sms…. wht the hell can they do if we mailtain couple of sims…. 1st implements the rules to ya self TRAI to reduse ya black money by makin such f*****K rules…
Nantha September 26, 2011 at 10:58 pm
TRAI must have focussed on ordinary subscribers who would always send sms to friends to keep them in contact.This regulation definitely affects college students in their communication with friends.TRAI should please reconsider it.
bhavin September 26, 2011 at 10:45 pm
thanks to trai
Rahul September 26, 2011 at 10:09 pm
F**k Off trai ANd this Bluddy F**cking Government
Saajan September 26, 2011 at 9:34 pm
bloody TRAI!!!! f**k this govt man!!!!! they dont even want mobile users to be happy!!! politicians murdabad!!!!!
Shoeb September 26, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Kill you TRAI.. Just GO TO HELL U ALL TRAI PEOPLE.. BURN IN HELL
Tharun Jacob George September 26, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Also I think this will free some network congestion. So I hope I will get better speed for my GPRS and no more network busy at night.
Tharun Jacob George September 26, 2011 at 8:45 pm
I think it is a good move by TRAI. I was fed up with friends and unknown numbers flooding my inbox with stupid SMS forwards.
s@M September 26, 2011 at 7:23 pm
At least the mobile keypads wil remain f9 .he he!!
Aniket Kulkarni September 26, 2011 at 7:15 pm
I Just confirmed the same, when I got the message from Airtel. I was surprised to see the SMS limit, and was actually laughing on the phone when I heard that its a new Govt. rule. Well, I hope they should come out with something else for telemarketing, or it will lead to more SIM card sell to get more SMS, and it will be menace.
Cheers with new (annoying)SMS rule!
siva September 26, 2011 at 7:05 pm
hey i heard frm my frn .bt unbliveble .y dey did like diz .whats d problem if i send more than 100 sms /day i don know.i text 2 my frns whole day insted of calling .bt am so sad.if a company wants to advtise ..in bulk what they have to do again d same problem rite .
Sanjay Bafna September 26, 2011 at 6:05 pm
UPDATE : Vodafone Essar’s official Twitter Handle confirmed that “sms will be capped for all the subscribers as per TRAI’s regulations from 27/09/2011 “
Kaushik Roy September 26, 2011 at 5:30 pm
now RC 26 giving 100 A2A sms(loc+nat) per day and A2O @ 10p/sms for 10 days
subject to 100/day
b4 it was 500 per day for 10 days
i got a sms from airtel kolkata
Suman Dutta September 26, 2011 at 5:16 pm
HATS OFF TO TRAI FOR THIS AMENDMENT…
THIS WILL AT LEAST STOP THOSE PEOPLE WHO SEND PROMOTIONAL SMS FOR ADVERTISERS.
BUT THEY IMMEDIATELY NEED TO RESTRICT WEBSITES FROM SENDING SMS LIKE “TD-XXX”, “LM-ZZZ” & SO ON…
PLEASE TRAI LOOK INTO THIS ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM.
Anup September 26, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Its worse decision by TRAI. I smells another scam. This time Kapil Sibbal is making scam I think.
Rajive Borde September 26, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Kudos to telecomtalk for perfect and up to date true information from telecom industry. on 5th or 6th September one blog confused me which said 100 limit is not for normal users or not applicable for us but TT said its for all prepaid users, now everything is cleared telecomtalk is right. thank u guys keep rocking
Venkat September 26, 2011 at 3:24 pm
I haven’t crossed 100 msgs limit yet. But my frnd who crossed it yesterday said he was unable to send sms after sending 100. And look at the notification, it says you can send only 100 sms/day.. It didnt say 100 free sms/day.. So though my frnd was willing to pay for msgs he was unable to send sms. which is weird. Anybody else has this problem?? [operator: Airtel]
Ayush September 26, 2011 at 3:05 pm
what is this yaar…..is TRAI geeting mad….!
Vrij September 26, 2011 at 2:54 pm
The fine print in TRAI’s order reads under point 8-c-kb on page 3 of the link below.
(kb) the Authority may by direction, from time to time, specify
the category of SMS which shall be excluded from the limit of one
hundred SMS per day per SIM:
Provided that before permitting a customer to send specified
category of SMS beyond the limit of one hundred SMS per day
per SIM, the Access Provider shall obtain an undertaking from Page 4 of 8
such customer that he shall not use such telephone number for
sending any commercial communications:
Provided further that the Access Provider shall enter, in the list
maintained in the National Telemarketer Register, the telephone
number, name and address of the customer, category of exempted
SMS and date of permitting sending of SMS beyond limit of one
hundred SMS per day per SIM and the said list shall be updated
every Monday.”
http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/Regulations/107/6th_amendement.pdf
mansoor Ahmed September 26, 2011 at 1:47 pm
All the Operators want people to use the SMS Clients (Messaging Clients such as NIMBUZZ, Whatsapp etc)As this application are run on GPRS, So the operators are slowly bringing People from basic Mobile services (SMS and calls) to GPRS (Mobile VAS Services)as this would give them a lot of Revenue. Later they will Make this GPRS user Customers to 3G to Get fast speed to use this apps.
Now a days TRAI is Taking all the Decisions in the support of operators, might by they may have taken HUGE Bribe from ALL the Operators.
abhijeet September 26, 2011 at 1:28 pm
I send approx 300-400 sms per month (postpaid user) and the limit of 3000 per month is too much sufficient for a user like me.
But i will still oppose this stupid move by TRAI. P2P sms should never be limited.
Moreover, how can it allow unlimited sms on blackout days?
Sms blackout days itself is a fraud.
Jerold Phillips September 26, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Hi am From Bangalore , Limiting to 100 sms Per day Dose’nt Make any Sence , TRAI Should Take The Guidence of People and Then Impliment , It’s Democracy Boss , Its not Ur Fathers Property , so Plz Before Taking any Such Action , Plz Take some Suggestions of People , 1st TRAI People is Having Old Aged People wat do they Know about all Dis , So F******** if There s any Limits Keep it Ur self ,
Rohan Singh September 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Yesterday I received an sms from Docomo informing the same. Now operators should reduce it’s SMS pack charges. Since we will get only 100 SMS a day. Now 10Rs/month for 100 SMS /day should be offered by every operator. Why pay more for reduced benefits.
Vineeth September 26, 2011 at 12:58 pm
F*******k the TRAI …. tell them to stop this crap… and stop the bulk messages sent by web which r used for telemarket … stupid TRAI
Husain September 26, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Tata Docomo is also going to implement the same from the said date by TRAI.
wincent September 26, 2011 at 12:48 pm
ye galath he. “idea started first theese type of information to subscribers….”
hardeep September 26, 2011 at 12:47 pm
well there should not have been any limit, tomorrow they might limit voice communication too as voice telemarketing is also there! it would hv been better if they wud hv come up with most stringent norms for telemarketers and not consumers!