If you are a high SMS user, time to rethink your communicating way as mobile operators will scrap Unlimited (upto 500 sms/day) SMS packs and introduce maximum 100 SMS/day to meet the TRAI’s regulation from 27th September 2011.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) finally today announced 27th September 2011 as the date of implementation for Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2011. to stop the menace of telemarketing SMSes.
India’s Telecom regulator said that “Every Access Provider (Telecom/Mobile Operators) shall withdraw before the 26th September, 2011 all telecom resources allocated to a telemarketer except those telecom resources which have been allocated in accordance with the provisions of the regulations.”
TRAI’s new regulation also notifies that all SMS packs that allow more than 100 SMS’ per day will not be available for renewal from the date of notification.
TRAI also directs all Access Providers (Basic, GSM and CDMA Mobile service operators) to exclude the following persons from the Limit of 100 SMS per day per SIM :
(i) Dealers of the Telecom Service Providers and DTH Operators for sending request for electronic recharge on mobile numbers.
(ii) E-ticketing agencies for responding to e-ticketing request made by its customers.
(iii) The social networking sites – Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, LinkedIn and Google Plus to its members pertaining to activities relating to their accounts based on their verifiable options.
(iv) Agencies providing directory services – Justdial, Zatse, Callezee, Getit and Askme.
It is expected all operators who are currently offering more than 100SMS/day packs will withdraw such packs, and bring new packs of maximum 100SMS/day or 3000SMS/month pack.
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.
Nikhil October 6, 2011 at 9:23 pm
The postpaid sms packs still costs the same even when the messages are reduced from 15000 to 3000..
rocky September 26, 2011 at 9:28 pm
roaming me msg free h na?
navas September 26, 2011 at 6:14 pm
its a stupid thing that like, when i got disease in my nail cutting the finger is the recovery ah.this TRAI regulation is like this only
subhajit September 26, 2011 at 2:21 pm
this is a bl@#$y decision……….
Muktesh September 26, 2011 at 12:04 am
ye bahut hi kharab decesion he government ka
Me iske sakht khilaf hu
Rajesh September 25, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Agar spam ko control karne ki takat nahi hai….so sale rule bhi mat banaya karo…iss rule se genral public affect ho raha hai….spam karne wale 10 naye number le sakte hai…
Sudhakar September 25, 2011 at 10:40 am
Some operators say that it is not possible to send even international SMS after the limit !!!!!!. Suppose if you have finished sending 100 local / national smsa and if you try to send a internaitonal SMS as SMS number 101, it will not go !!!!!!!.
People of India, drag the TRAI and put it into drainage and close it !!.
kushal September 24, 2011 at 5:14 pm
in haryana
27 sept is the date!
w.t.f.!
Rohan Singh September 24, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Not got such SMS. Still enjoying 3500 SMS @11Rs.
varun September 24, 2011 at 2:40 pm
@Kaushik Roy
same here i got a msg w.ef. 15 sept 2011 on airtel delhi
Aman September 24, 2011 at 2:26 pm
@sameer
Good Suggession!!!!!
Aman September 24, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Shit!!!!!! It can never help Us……. It is only forcing us to spend more and more of the money!!!!!!! TRAI has turned mad……. What a foolish suggestion!!!!!
Kaushik Roy September 24, 2011 at 1:15 pm
I got sms from Airtel that w.e.f 24-09-2011 SMS limited to 100/day
umang September 15, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Hey dear,what kinda shit is this.If u think this is gonna help your business then time is to re think again that this is not gonna help you or the sms users.
Ashamed of this action of the goverment.
Rather take a vote of the users from certain cities.If people of that city agrees with your decision then put this rule there.Please do not irritate us with this kinda so called “RULES”.
Singh September 10, 2011 at 11:23 pm
@Rohan Singh
+1
Singh September 10, 2011 at 11:20 pm
@Aditya Maheshwari
i am too getting 4-5 SMS from Telemarketing and 1-2 calls daily.. i am fed up..TRAI shielding pvt. companies. common user suffering,.
Singh September 10, 2011 at 11:18 pm
@Silsila
when we have 50 paise call rate on STD and 1 paise STD SMS then why i pay 50 times more Money..!! wow wonderful…!! isnt..??
Silsila September 7, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Wow…wonderful….
What made you think ‘the call rates are high’???
If the current rates are higher then what is your suggestion as a moderate call rate????
Aditya Maheshwari September 7, 2011 at 8:02 am
@sameer
it is not good. 100 sms are enough. TRAI should TRY another way to bane SPAM. Even after regestering on DND i am still getting marketing SMS.
sameer September 6, 2011 at 11:39 pm
+1
Singh September 6, 2011 at 11:36 pm
Yes some one do it and post the link we will follow.
Singh September 6, 2011 at 11:28 pm
this is what called SMART thinking.. TRAI should be sent to abroad…. they ruining India and favoring pvt companies
Singh September 6, 2011 at 11:22 pm
common man will surly suffers who SMS rather than call..call rates are higher so why we calls when we can sms in a short.
Singh September 6, 2011 at 11:15 pm
@Gourav
bhai sahib…we have a great social network..during Festivals..we msg 500 sms daily. and if an sms is 2 SMS page long then 1000 sms gone in 30-40 mins… most of us Indians are friendly by nature so we have a huge frnds list..we cant live with 100 sms a day.
Singh September 6, 2011 at 11:05 pm
@Rohan Singh
well said rohan
Gourav September 6, 2011 at 9:54 pm
100 sms are not so much enough there should be a limit of 150 or 200 sms per day…
Rohan Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:49 pm
Will this ban never be lifted? ? Why instead of finding a way to stop telemarketing SMS we the common man suffer …
Kapil September 6, 2011 at 8:48 pm
sibbal is master in bringing new. Sure next time 10- 20 mb gprs restriction.
Mahmood Junaid September 6, 2011 at 8:35 pm
superb man… should decrease the limit again to atleast 50sms/day…
Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:27 pm
@kunal
kunal aapne to unhe lagta hai pakad hi liya hai…. pakka TRAI ne reliance, airtel, TATA, idea, vodafone se paise khaaye hain.. this order is totally against YOUTH..!!! instead STOP Telemarketing companies to spam us.
Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:24 pm
@krishnendu
great addition krishnendu.. hahaha… TRAI behaving like dictators…they cant control big companies spaming us.. rather tightening the screw of general user.
Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:21 pm
@Lovable
great quote Lovable..i just love to read it..
Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:20 pm
@Anup
thanks for the tip anup…pls all guys send them huge mails for this anti-SMS gesture.
Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:19 pm
@sameer
good reply sameer..
Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:16 pm
@Gouthaman Karunakaran
everyone is not like ur frnd who is sending crap…do not generalize the term.
Singh September 6, 2011 at 8:11 pm
@Tejash Doshi
very right dear..
Singh September 6, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Worst Rule by TRAI…Most idiotic thinking by TRAI…they are behaving just dumbo..
unfriendly gesture by them.. pls think SMART… we will not purchase new SIM to send msgs beyond 100..its indirectly forcing us to buy new SIMs.. TRAI we know ur tricks of favourism to Private companies…
i have 350 frnds whom i SMS about telecom updates, conmputer info and other useful features and wishes them festival wishes and other important related info. how could i wish/sms my 350 frnds now onwards???
they should introduce a feature like below:-
make a toll Free number in which sender (9911223344) sends a SMS to a particular number say ’1313′ as known-9988776655 and if receiver (9988776655) sends positive reply as “Known’ to the ’1313′ within one day or say 8 hours then it should be added to the WHITE LIST of the SENDER (9911223344) Contacts List. now even if WHITE list increase to 1000 Numbers the sender would be able to send SMSs to all numbers in white list as they have accepted us as ‘Known’.
now there is no issue of SPAM…!!!
are you listening TRAI..???
DB September 6, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Good going TRAI .. guess the pranksters will be upset … several posted their views already !!
DB September 6, 2011 at 2:20 pm
@Animesh
@ ANIMESH
+1
Arun September 6, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Very good move.kudos to trai.
Animesh September 6, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Well this seems to a be good move,Oflate getting a lot of SMS from Delhi based mobile numbers,it seems that every lottery company is out there give me prizes worth lakhs of pounds. No doubt all these SMS are frauds.One interesting fact is all these SMS are sent from Vodafone Delhi Mobile nos.I guess this is dangerous as subscribers have started using SMS services for intentional fraudulent practices.
Jagan September 6, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Dont know the exact reason behind this move by TRAI. Texting is the new mode of communication of the generation youth. As the increased call tariff may reduce the network burden, so as in the SMS. If you send SMS more than the limit, then you should pay an extra sum like Rs1/SMS.
Gouthaman Karunakaran September 6, 2011 at 10:31 am
This is a great move, in my opinion. I’ve friends who forward annoying texts and yeah, the marketing SPAM for anonymous numbers.
People SHOULD use SMS only to communicate with others and NOT FOR forwarding jokes or pointless marketing texts.
Kudos to TRAI, I’m really hoping that this rule is followed strictly by all the operators this time.
Anup September 6, 2011 at 9:46 am
Guys Please Give Your Feedback to TRAI on their website. Tell them you are disagree with their decision. If they receives huge number of complaint, surely they will change their decision
Saurabh September 6, 2011 at 8:36 am
This move by TRAI doesn’t affect me at all as I don’t send SMSes. The last time I send a paid SMS or get a SMS pack activated was around 4-5 years back. I use SIM cards only for data services and not even voice. So be it 100 or 10, who cares? But a bad news for those who only use it mainly for texting.
adi September 6, 2011 at 8:09 am
@amar
agree
Tejash Doshi September 6, 2011 at 7:27 am
What Ridiculous thought!!!!
What happens during Holi Diwali New Years & the important dates where we need to send greetings to people… so we have to Choose 100 people from our phone book???
TRAI has Lost it!!!
Instead operators should monitor the bulk sms users through their system and block them. instead of targeting individuals
Debjyoti Roy September 6, 2011 at 2:10 am
As for general high sms user , its a bad move. But,Its really good move to stop telemarketing sms advertissers. Because now we all know about NDNC. So advertisers not able to send bulk sms (eg – TD-Batra or LM-Offer) to dnd sustomers. So they are using this sms pack facility. They are using 15k sms / mobile number for marketing purpose.
Raghu September 6, 2011 at 12:26 am
i do not know what TRAI will get for capping to 100 sms/day. People now a days uses Dual sim phone so it does not matter much. the worst move by TRAI
sameer September 5, 2011 at 11:44 pm
when i want to send some important questions to my friends, then i use sms, list of questions consist of 20 page of sms…so if i send to 5 friends…then 100 sms are over…
amar September 5, 2011 at 11:42 pm
nothing will happen with this caping.
The unwanted sms sender will use multiple sim and they will send same msg from multiple numbers then what will TRAI do?
SUVAJIT September 5, 2011 at 11:40 pm
This is not TRAI this is CRAI…..
krishnendu September 5, 2011 at 11:19 pm
and the next step wil be restriction in roaming..like one cant roam more than twice a year or like that!then it will be real jail!
Esmail September 5, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Kindly clarify whether this clause is applicable for on net (Same network) sms plans as well..? Uninor is offering 100000 sms per month for local uninor to uninor, does this come under the axe too..?
Lovable September 5, 2011 at 10:59 pm
old people running govt and making to policies are at the stage where their brain cells tend to work less and this is the result.
Vikas September 5, 2011 at 10:56 pm
If operators are going to withdraw packs. Then does it mean they will limit the max number of sent message for the day to 100 or it will be allowed and charged from main account?
If this is true then it’s better to use apps or services like Fullonsms, Whozzat, Way2sms etc.. As most of peoples are already using gprs now a days.
s@m September 5, 2011 at 10:44 pm
3G auction effect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chethan S. September 5, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Perfect thought!
Kaushik September 5, 2011 at 10:40 pm
well, trai is making it one….
jitender kumar September 5, 2011 at 10:36 pm
mera bharat mahan…congress ka haath aam janta ke saath…bharat mata ki jai.
jitender kumar September 5, 2011 at 10:35 pm
mera bharat mahan…congress ka haath har kisike ke sath…bharat mata ki jai…
jitender kumar September 5, 2011 at 10:34 pm
i agree with u silsila.
Silsila September 5, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Cap everything…
Voice calls 600sec / day
GPRS 50mb/day
Is this Jail????
Rajesh Soni September 5, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Will not help. they will take up multiple nos and send SMS. It will be the normal users who will suffer. Today also I received SMS from a user from different nos. in a day.
Pranay September 5, 2011 at 10:05 pm
^lol man. Pvt companies khud ke pair par goli kyon marenge? Btw 100sms are still good amount. They should have banned the telemarketing sms rather than taking these steps.
Rajarajan September 5, 2011 at 10:05 pm
this is not good,very bad decision,TRAI should be favour for public not for others,it will face big problems in future,i am sure.
suprabhat September 5, 2011 at 9:42 pm
very bad………
kunal September 5, 2011 at 9:41 pm
chor he trai wale… corrupt… sirf 100 msgs… jarur bribe liye hoga private operators se…
aks September 5, 2011 at 9:38 pm
3000SMS/month or 100SMS/day is sufficient…….
sri September 5, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Do you want Indians to surrender to FB? Instead find out the better indian option ro made in india product.
Kaushik Roy September 5, 2011 at 9:23 pm
BSNL KNOWS IT EARLY
THATS WHY THEY ALREADY REDUCE THE VALIDITY AND HIKE PRICE OF SMS PACK
BSNL IS VERY SMART!
doc_dip_rgkmc September 5, 2011 at 9:17 pm
15000 sms pm koi bhi full utilise kiya kabhi bhi??
ans–?????
Saurabh September 5, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Now I have to control myself from sending SMS
Rohan Singh September 5, 2011 at 9:12 pm
TRAI is not on fb so let us e-mail them our views ap@trai.gov.in
Rohan Singh September 5, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Daily 100 SMS can be capped but not the monthly….it shouldn’t be..
Rohan Singh September 5, 2011 at 9:09 pm
TRAI proved that they are not TRAI but PRAI- Public Regulator Authority of India.
Arshad September 5, 2011 at 9:08 pm
This is really really unfair. What is the purpose of the rule? If it is to control telemarketers, there is already the NDNC. Genuine customers will be greatly affected
rajiev September 5, 2011 at 8:58 pm
wow what a offer, nice offer!
Rahul Jagtap September 5, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Well said. TRAI has really gone MAD or is it that they have taken bribe from private operators so that private operators can charge more for less SMS?
kai September 5, 2011 at 8:42 pm
hey thts wrong
please some1 try 2 stp it make a petition just 100sms
Siva September 5, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Nowadays TRAI constantly regulating the customers only, not the operators. Shit. . .
sri September 5, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Becareful! About marketing calls, TRAI will rule the telecom providers to restrict 100 mins/ calls per day.
TRAI—–Get out of INDIA and study how the other developed countries are controlling the Marketing calls and SMSs
Your brains are dead long ago
Ayush September 5, 2011 at 8:25 pm
kya hai ye……i think trai is got mad…..
sri September 5, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Am I Confused? Is TRAI to regulate consumers or Telecom service providers?
Bast………………………..s
pkcool September 5, 2011 at 8:03 pm
not gud for sms users ……vry bad move!!