If you are a high SMS user its sense of relief for you till march 2011.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today announced a new mechanism to effectively arrest pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes.
The whole drama started in December as we shared in TelecomTalk when TRAI come with its first of its kind of amendment to regulate unwanted calls.
TRAI today issued “The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference its Third Amendment Regulations 2011”.
As per the new amendment Consumer Preference Registration to stop Unsolicited Commercial Communication will start from 10th Feb 2011 with this subscribers will have all right to opt which service to opt and which not to.The regulation provides that the customer preferences would be effective within seven days from the day of opting it.
To control telemarketing calls (DoT) has now allocated a new separate numbering series starting with the number ‘140’ for telemarketing activities prior it was 70 so communicating the same to all the service providers and carrying out the required changes would require time.
Therefore, The Authority has to change the date of implementation of operationalization from 1st March 2011.
Jay Jacob October 31, 2011 at 6:11 pm
It is sad that even legitimate sms to bulk receivers are stopped just because of this new guideline, calls sure can harass people but sms can be deleted, I wonder why people get so offended about a silly sms, bulk or otherwise. It seems strange that there needs to be guidelines applied to valid users who want to receive the sms, now untangling this seems to be have become a greater imbroglio, as legitimate users have stopped giving their legitimate service because of this guideline, as much as I hate spam sms, this is going too far.
SATVINDER sINGH September 28, 2011 at 2:34 pm
HI ,I AM IN TROUBLE CAN ANYONE HELP.AFTER TRAI HA BAND HON SMS 100SMS PER DAY. I HAVE TO USE PERSONAL SMS SO CAN ANY BODY HELP ME
Joe March 3, 2011 at 1:19 am
Its good to hear that the trai has introduced a new steps to control the unwanted calls and Msgs, but the service providers may loose their business and most of the youngsters may not like this since they are the one who share, chat or send msgs to their frnds, so what will happen then?
shiva February 28, 2011 at 4:33 pm
the network is not providing no more than 100 sms. how cud i contactm friends. dis 100 sms s not enough for me… what to do
SKY February 27, 2011 at 5:31 pm
@Mashhood
CALL 198 FOR THIS DETAILS… NO WORRY ANY OPERATOR
SKY February 27, 2011 at 5:30 pm
I AM REALLY HAPPY I AM REALLY FED UP WITH MY FRINEDS SMS.
NOW I CAN SLEEP RELAX…. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DISTURB ME.
Ruchit Shah February 8, 2011 at 10:07 pm
DND registered users wont receive any sms from way2sms or any free sms sites from 1st march because of the new policies from TRAI…
avtar singh kaint February 2, 2011 at 8:36 am
thanks for updates
sunil February 1, 2011 at 10:11 pm
what happens to my updates via sms from yahoo facebook n the rest.
i am being asked to sms a number to remove my name from the DNC list……………
can someone throw some light on this pls.
Keshav Jha February 1, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Good… This time the deadline is being increased by only one month but aa ja re………. der na ho jaye kahin………….
Gourav February 1, 2011 at 6:47 pm
its really good news one more month for unlimited sms…hope by next month trai increase the daily sms limit also..
Raj February 1, 2011 at 5:20 pm
@Sandeep
Y bro…..
wats the issue with this ????
bhavin February 1, 2011 at 3:11 pm
@Mashhood
dude. just wait for 10th feb. i will give a detailed 3 ways to do so. just wait till feb 10th.
MA February 1, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Heard that our sims will be blocked if we cross the 100 sms/day limit. Is it true?
Santu Sovan Mandal February 1, 2011 at 12:40 pm
The era of subscribers has finally arrived.
Sandeep February 1, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Life is THE END after March
Mashhood February 1, 2011 at 12:05 pm
@bhavin
Plz tell how to do dis?
bhavin February 1, 2011 at 10:29 am
hey,
this is great. now i will not have any unnecessary calls/sms.
just waiting for 10th feb, so i can have partial block and keep option 6: IT/broadcasting as unblock and rest as block.
those who are scared of not receiving sms from way2sms/160by2/facebook just do as i would. unblock option 6 i.e. for IT/Communication/Broadcasting/Entertainment and you would continue receiving smses.
no need to unblock your DND completely.
Jagan February 1, 2011 at 8:19 am
Actually these kind of regulations are too good. But they’ve announced only 100 free sms/day should be given for each customer(if they have free sms benefit, eventhough it is unlimited). I’ve even received confirmation sms regarding this from my service provider. 100sms per day is total stupidity! Eventhough this stops bulk sms hassles, it affects sms users like me! But other regulations are too good!
Benny February 1, 2011 at 8:19 am
I got a message from Facebook that i had requested for DND and from Feb 1 i will not be getting facebook alerts on my phone. Why can such services be exempted
Benny February 1, 2011 at 8:14 am
CWG mess, Cricket world cup prep mess in Eden gardens, MNP fiasco… virtually nothing happens in India in time
Mamun February 1, 2011 at 7:59 am
What about unwanted calls from operator itself?
kawal February 1, 2011 at 7:15 am
Just Got Sms from Docomo That from 1st feb i will not be able to Send More than 100/sms per Day. .what the bull shit is this?
Samiran February 1, 2011 at 5:11 am
TRAI be fast,and do the customer best preferences
dayle February 1, 2011 at 1:07 am
whats up kapil,why is everything delayed??
Agnivo February 1, 2011 at 12:55 am
@Dip
Atleast it does happen sometime, not like american forces retreating off somalia!
pratik February 1, 2011 at 12:46 am
what about that limit of 100 sms/day ?? Will it also be effective from march ’11
Dip February 1, 2011 at 12:16 am
Nothing happens in time in India
amar February 1, 2011 at 12:13 am
unwanted calls are very irritating than unwanted sms.
karann January 31, 2011 at 11:58 pm
well done trai