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Tanay Singh Thakur

TRAI Takes Strong Measures to Curb Misuse of Message Templates

TRAI Takes Strong Measures to Curb Misuse of Message Templates

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a new direction to curb the misuse of message templates under the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR-2018). This comes in continuation of its earlier directive issued on February 16, 2023, to stop the misuse of headers and message … Read More

Srikapardhi

TRAI Releases Consultation on Definition of International Traffic

TRAI Releases Consultation on Definition of International Traffic

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a Consultation Paper on the Definition of International Traffic on Tuesday, seeking recommendations from stakeholders on the matter. DoT requested TRAI’s Recommendations The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) requested the TRAI’s recommendations on the definition of International SMS and Domestic SMS through … Read More

Tanuja K

TRAI Calls for Meeting with Telcos to Curb Spam Messages

TRAI Calls for Meeting with Telcos to Curb Spam Messages

Indian telecom regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has called for a review meeting with the country’s incumbent telcos, including Reliance Jio, Airtel, and state-run BSNL separately, to discuss progress on the reduction of unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) messages. The meeting will take place later this month, and the … Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur

TRAI Says Zero Charge for SMS Broadcast During Disasters

TRAI Says Zero Charge for SMS Broadcast During Disasters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided that there would be no charge for the SMS/messages broadcasted through the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) during the time of disasters. On Tuesday, the regulatory body issued Telecom Tariff (69th amendment) order 2022 on Tariff for SMS and cell Broadcast alerts … Read More

Bhavya Singh

DIPA Pushes for Active Sharing of Telecom Infrastructure

DIPA Pushes for Active Sharing of Telecom Infrastructure

Expanding the scope of IP-1 without any licencing is the only way to go in order to attract the desired investments into the sector, according to the Digital Infrastructure Providers Association. Telecom is a very capital-intensive industry, and the roll-out of new technologies like 5G, M2M/IoT, Edge Data Centers, and … Read More

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