Terming unsolicited SMSes as a 'gigantic problem', telecom regulator Trai today asked the mobile operators to give their suggestions on tackling the menace of pesky messages by October 25.
"All of you have 15 days time (October 25)...You have to come back to me with any suggestions," Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar said during an open house discussion on unsolicited commercial communications (UCC) involving mobile operators, telemarketers and consumer groups.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in draft "Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference (Tenth Amendment) Regulations, 2012" has proposed disconnection of resources of entities for whom the promotion is being carried out after ten violations.
The revised regulations are expected to be out by November 5.
Khullar said the operators have to give a solution otherwise as a regulator Trai will take a decision on the issue.
"I have a practical problem on my hand and I want practical solution," he said.
The draft regulation calls for providers to put in place a mechanism to block the delivery of unsolicited SMS with similar signatures from the source which sends more than a specified number of promotional SMS per hour.
It proposes disconnection of resources of entities for whom the promotion is being carried out after ten violations.
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"All of you have 15 days time (October 25)...You have to come back to me with any suggestions," Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar said during an open house discussion on unsolicited commercial communications (UCC) involving mobile operators, telemarketers and consumer groups.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in draft "Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference (Tenth Amendment) Regulations, 2012" has proposed disconnection of resources of entities for whom the promotion is being carried out after ten violations.
The revised regulations are expected to be out by November 5.
Khullar said the operators have to give a solution otherwise as a regulator Trai will take a decision on the issue.
"I have a practical problem on my hand and I want practical solution," he said.
The draft regulation calls for providers to put in place a mechanism to block the delivery of unsolicited SMS with similar signatures from the source which sends more than a specified number of promotional SMS per hour.
It proposes disconnection of resources of entities for whom the promotion is being carried out after ten violations.
Read More . . . .