No SMS To DND Users, Free SMS Websites Implements TRAI Regulation

No SMS To DND Users, Free SMS Websites Implements TRAI RegulationIt seems that this time Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is very strict on its guidelines to curb all unwanted telemarketing calls and messages from today.

After the 100 SMS limit implemented by all mobile operators now Bulk and Free SMS web portal’s have also implemented the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2011 to stop the menace of telemarketing SMSes and made all the changes in their SMS system.

India’s leading Free and Bulk SMS Web portal WAY2SMS.COM today said that that it has strictly adheres to TRAI guidelines from today i.e. Sept 27th in order to protect consumer privacy from SMS spammers. Way2SMS has also cited that it will not be sending any group SMS to DND registered mobile numbers.

Changes on Way2Sms

According to the New TRAI guidelines, Starting from Sept 27th 2011 messages sent via group SMS does not deliver SMSes to DND Registered mobile numbers. However the best part in Way2SMS it displays if a user comes under DND list or not while submitting message.

Also Way2SMS is changing its group Message structure. Messages sent via group SMS will be sent as TD- 677800 (677800 is the Unique number allotted by Telecom operator to way2sms) as the sender.Users Mobile number and a 8 letter Nick name will be inserted in your message by default. No longer you can send group message with mobile number as sender. However users can continue to enjoy 140 characters message same as before.

Also According to TRAI new regulations, way2sms does not allow group messaging between 9PM to 9AM every day.

Even E-Commerce websites like Flipkart and letsbuy have also notified its users in case of letsbuy it has asked its users to send SMS “START 6” to 1909 where as in case of Flipkart it has asked users to Send “START 5″ to 1909 to activate partial-DND which will be help users to receive SMS alerts from all ‘Consumer Goods’ companies.

Image credit : Way2SMS

How To Register/ De-Register for DND through IVR/ SMS on 1909.

You can register for the fully blocked category in which no commercial call or SMS will be allowed or for the partially blocked category where u will not receive any commercial call but will receive SMS on categorie(s) that you opt for.

THROUGH IVR : Call 1909 (toll free) and select preference required for activation/deactivation (Full DND/Partial DND)

TO REGISTER THROUGH SMS : To opt for the fully blocked category, send SMS “START 0” to 1909 .

To opt for the partially blocked category, send SMS “Start ”to 1909 as per the categories given below : For e.g. “START 1” for receiving SMS relating to Health·

If u want to choose more than 1 category send START 1,2 to 1909 : 1. Health 2. Education 3. Tourism and leisure 4. Banking / Insurance / Financial Products 5. Consumer goods and automobiles 6. Real Estate 7. Communication / Broadcasting / Entertainment / IT

TO DE- REGISTER THROUGH SMS
for the fully blocked category, send SMS “STOP 0” to 1909.

Note:Your request for registration on the NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY will be given effect to in 7 days from the date of request.

This Article Was Written By: Sanjay Bafna

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  • ganesh tondvalkar September 15, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    sir mai loop mobile ka old custmer mera mobile number 09870109059 muze dnd ke msg aane chaye lekin nahi aarahe hai call center se muze harbar gumrah kiya jaraha hai har bar blte hai ke aap bad me call karo apka problem resol kar denge lekin koi resoul nahi hai lss mere dnd ke msg chalu kardo

    Reply
  • Kaushik June 12, 2012 at 7:04 am

    If I have register with DND though i want to get SMS from perticular Website(Like way2sms or sms.infoonphone.com ) only or from specific person from his website.then what should I do??

    Reply
  • kali prasad June 6, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    How can we send sms to DND activated mobile number from way2sms.com……..

    Reply
  • anitha June 2, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    hi how to send sms to group. till how many nos it will allow. is there any procedure to take subscription for i year by paying and send messages t group( more that 100 at a time). please give ur valuable answer

    Reply
  • vivek May 31, 2012 at 3:07 am

    How can we send sms to DND activated mobile number from way2sms.com……..

    Reply
  • bharath April 16, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    If there is no balance in our phones…… and we have to send any impertent msgs have to send means we are not able to send becouse of DNd so pls help . this is not only my request and also all way2sms users request. pls help us

    Reply
  • dinesh April 4, 2012 at 8:46 am

    while receiving sms from company i want to get the name of the company insted of other, plz help how to do that and how to register

    Reply
  • vamsi February 16, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    Hey , my friend wants tto receive msgs from me after 9
    so what should she do to receive msgs from me exclusing this dnd ??

    whats the procedure ??

    Reply
  • dskushwaha January 12, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    abc :
    i want to know what does it mean ‘As per TRAI, Messaging not allowed between 9PM to 9AM’ because i doubt my gf and i want to know if she is sending sms to other persons.
    i tried sending smses using way2sms and it showed this after some txts. so does it mean that she has used her 100 messages elsewhere?

    What’s wrong if your girl friend is sending messages to somebody else???
    Should she send SMSs to you only and nobody else??
    Do you send SMSs to her only and nobody else??

    You are a freak.

    Reply
  • bhanwar lal rinwan December 31, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    if we want reciev sms from way2sms what is the error use deactivation dnd for 1909 means stop inspite od sending SMS DND to 1909 , m unable to received messages from way2sm site.
    PLS help.thanks

    Reply
  • Kailash chand saini December 31, 2011 at 9:36 am

    if we want reciev sms from way2sms what is the error use deactivation dnd for 1909 means stop inspite od sending SMS DND to 1909 , m unable to received messages from way2sm site.
    PLS help.

    Reply
  • mania December 25, 2011 at 12:25 pm

    if we want recieve sms from way2sms what is the keyword to use deactivation DND for 1909 means STOP (what number)

    Reply
  • Aarti December 2, 2011 at 4:17 pm

    inspite od sending SMS DND to 1909 , m unable to received messages from way2sm site.
    PLS help.

    Reply
  • Abhijeet October 28, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    abc :i want to know what does it mean ‘As per TRAI, Messaging not allowed between 9PM to 9AM’ because i doubt my gf and i want to know if she is sending sms to other persons.i tried sending smses using way2sms and it showed this after some txts. so does it mean that she has used her 100 messages elsewhere?

    @abc
    It says between 9PM to 9AM no SMSing allowed. Doesnt matter if you have finished the quota of 100 SMSes or not.
    Start Respecting your girlfriend instead of suspecting her.

    Reply
  • abc October 21, 2011 at 11:19 pm

    i want to know what does it mean ‘As per TRAI, Messaging not allowed between 9PM to 9AM’ because i doubt my gf and i want to know if she is sending sms to other persons.
    i tried sending smses using way2sms and it showed this after some txts. so does it mean that she has used her 100 messages elsewhere?

    Reply
  • rani October 18, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    I CANT SEND PROPER SMS FROM WAY 2 SMSBCOZ DND HAS A PROBLEMSOME OF MY NO. IS DNDPLS SOLVE THISAND HELP ME TO SEND PROPER WAY TO SMS

    Reply
  • rani October 18, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    PULKIT :I CANT SEND PROPER SMS FROM WAY 2 SMSBCOZ DND HAS A PROBLEMSOME OF MY NO. IS DNDPLS SOLVE THISAND HELP ME TO SEND PROPER WAY TO SMS

    Reply
  • PULKIT October 17, 2011 at 6:42 pm

    I CANT SEND PROPER SMS FROM WAY 2 SMS
    BCOZ DND HAS A PROBLEM
    SOME OF MY NO. IS DND
    PLS SOLVE THIS
    AND HELP ME TO SEND PROPER WAY TO SMS

    Reply
  • nasir ahmed quadri October 12, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    i wanted you to inform that i registered dnd but the service provider the sms for the couple of days but they have again started sending service message. so, i wanted you to take some strict action against the service provider.waiting for your reply.

    Reply
  • sameer October 10, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    @Arti
    why u want to deregister

    Reply
  • Arti October 10, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    Hello,
    How can i deregister from DND list?

    Reply
  • Jimmy October 3, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    Hi,

    Thanks for the update, this was really helpful. However can you please let me know if I want to receive messages from Way2sms then which is the code (From 1-7) should I use and send it to 1909?

    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
  • vipin September 28, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    Hi all
    Please tell me that for getting sms from websites like way2sms or any website that features to send free sms, what should I do.
    My mobile no. is registered in fully blocked DND category. Should I have to choose partially blocked category. If this is the case then which category.
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
  • mungisripal September 28, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    why not sent way2sms

    Reply
  • ashish rana September 28, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    Dhananjay :
    @ashish rana
    there is a time limit brother 9am to 9pm

    bhai i cant send msg and now time is 12:22pm …..it says DND number, cant send msg

    Reply
  • hardeep September 28, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    Sahil Shah :

    hardeep :
    u can still send sms to dnd numbers from way2sms by using quick sms option, sms are restricted only from group sms option checked myself

    Well they have blocked now. Now no more quick sms to dnd numbers..

    YAAAAAAAAA ITS FINE NOW! GOOD!

    Reply
  • Kumar September 28, 2011 at 10:26 am

    It seems your post contains wrong information..

    Take an look over the following from your post..
    “If u want to choose more than 1 category send START 1,2 to 1909 : 1. Health 2. Education 3. Tourism and leisure 4. Banking / Insurance / Financial Products 5. Consumer goods and automobiles 6. Real Estate 7. Communication / Broadcasting / Entertainment / IT ”

    Kindly check back at http://www.nccptrai.gov.in/nccpregistry/index.jsp

    They have stated
    1. Banking/Insurance/Financial products/credit cards,
    2. Real Estate,
    3. Education,
    4. Health,
    5. Consumer goods and automobiles,
    6. Communication/Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT,
    7. Tourism and Leisure.

    Reply
  • Sahil Shah September 28, 2011 at 10:10 am

    hardeep :
    u can still send sms to dnd numbers from way2sms by using quick sms option, sms are restricted only from group sms option checked myself

    Well they have blocked now. Now no more quick sms to dnd numbers..

    Reply
  • Mithun September 28, 2011 at 8:20 am

    If i activate NDNC, all bank transactions SMSes also will be stopped. or not.

    Reply
  • varun September 28, 2011 at 12:39 am

    @Keshav Jha
    not even 10??why? do u only call?

    Reply
  • Sahil Shah September 28, 2011 at 12:25 am

    Guys I too had problems activating DND on BSNL. I used to send message START 0 to 1909(I used to provide a space between start and 0). What cc told me was just message START0 to 1909(No space between start and 0). It worked for me. I received a confirmation message within seconds that if i want to activate then reply with Y and if not then with N.

    Reply
  • Dhananjay September 27, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    @ashish rana
    there is a time limit brother 9am to 9pm

    Reply
  • Dhananjay September 27, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    @Raaj i agree with you BSNL just a waste of time , i thought bsnl best hai mere liye :p but i found that whole network of bsnl is useless

    Reply
  • Keshav Jha September 27, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Very good. I don’t need even 10 sms/day…

    Reply
  • Jagan September 27, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    to get sms from google nd facebook send…
    ‘START6′ to 1909

    Reply
  • ashish rana September 27, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    hardeep :
    u can still send sms to dnd numbers from way2sms by using quick sms option, sms are restricted only from group sms option checked myself

    No i cant receive any single sms from today …… i tried to send sms only on my number but didn’t receive any msg…….i registered for type0 DND

    Reply
  • Sanjay Bafna September 27, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    Steve :

    if i call from my bsnl no to 1909 it says this no does not exits

    BSNL users can call 1500 for DND

    Reply
  • sanjeev September 27, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    can i recive mesg from google ,job site ,bank, facebook,
    under
    this

    Reply
  • Steve September 27, 2011 at 8:07 pm

    if i call from my bsnl no to 1909 it says this no does not exits

    Reply
  • Mane September 27, 2011 at 7:20 pm

    I m nt getting sms frm google sms channel 9870807070 from today while my nunber is not registered with ndnc. But I got sms from google site that u will not get any sms from 9870807070.

    Reply
  • Sanjay Bafna September 27, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Reply
  • mks September 27, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    rahulraj :

    Prithvi :
    If full DND does get implemented what about RBI guidelines for banks that make it mandatory to receive sms re:transactions? Is there a separate gateway for this?

    even I have dis doubt….!!!!

    Me too

    Reply
  • H.Singh September 27, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    @Prithvi

    I have the same question about bank transaction SMSes.

    Reply
  • rahulraj September 27, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Prithvi :
    If full DND does get implemented what about RBI guidelines for banks that make it mandatory to receive sms re:transactions? Is there a separate gateway for this?

    even I have dis doubt….!!!!

    Reply
  • Raaj September 27, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    All said and done,what do u do if DND itself doesn’t get activated and nodal officers don’t respond.That’s why i hate BSNL,the worst operator.

    Reply
  • hardeep September 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    u can still send sms to dnd numbers from way2sms by using quick sms option, sms are restricted only from group sms option :( checked myself

    Reply
  • Dayson September 27, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    it’s only applicable to the group SMS section of way2sms and not the quick or personal SMS side of it. I think what TRAI is doing is very unfortunate for these service providers. A lot of the user base don’t mind receiving such SMS and now they’re just going to be thoroughly confused.

    Reply
  • SUVAJIT September 27, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    Unmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddd

    Reply
  • Sahil Shah September 27, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Finally TRAI implemented this rule. I thought it will again be delayed like MNP. But I am happy with this. I only send 200 to 300 msgs in a month so no problem for me. Hope this will reduce spam messages to some extent. Main thing to watch out for is whether there is going to be any price reductions in SMS packs which looks unlikely.

    Reply
  • Sahil Shah September 27, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    Just checked with way2sms. But when sending a normal message i dont see anything like “send via way2sms” as it showed at the end of every message. and its 160 characters for a normal message. It is changed from 140 to 160 or was it 160 before. I dont remember.

    Reply
  • AMAR September 27, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    WOW THAT SEEMS A GREAT MOVE.
    I CONGRATULATE TRAI FOR THIS.
    TRAI–NOW PLEASE CONCENTRATE ON UNWANTED VAS ACTIVATION BY DIFFERENT OPERATOR.
    THIS PR5OBLEM IS FAR BIGGER THAN UNWANTED SMSs.

    Reply
  • Prithvi September 27, 2011 at 12:48 pm

    If full DND does get implemented what about RBI guidelines for banks that make it mandatory to receive sms re:transactions? Is there a separate gateway for this?

    Reply

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