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No major issues noticed in bulk messages as new norms enforced: Trai

Trai on Thursday asserted that no major incidents of disruption were noticed for commercial messages and OTP generation in sectors

Trai meets bankers to iron out issues over new pesky SMS regulations

Some banks are fine-tuning systems, so that there is standardised mechanism of sending SMSes

Trai writes to key ministries, associations on new norms for bulk SMS

Trai has written to key ministries, associations like COAI and Nasscom and nodal agencies like NIC in a massive information outreach

State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, others yet to comply with scrubbing norms

Trai said the enforcement of its regulations was vital because the delivery of non-compliant messages allowed fraudulent miscreants to conveniently misuse the message delivery

HDFC Bank, SBI, others not adhering to norms on bulk SMSes, says Trai

The norms require bonafide entities sending commercial text messages to register message header and templates with telecom operators

Securing digital networks: NSDT to scrutinise wide range of telecom gear

Global telecom gear makers say that the new rule will make it difficult for Chinese equipment players to enter the Indian market.

Trai urges RBI to direct banks to comply with norms on bulk messages

The telecom regulator has urged Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue directions to banks to comply with Trai's norms on bulk messages, sources said on Tuesday.

Pesky calls and text messages: Trai may soon broadcast list of defaulters

The issue of pesky calls gathered steam a fortnight ago on March 9, when Trai suspended the newly-implemented norms for commercial text messages for one week

Airtel adds 6.9 million active users in January, extends gain: TRAI data

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel added 6.9 million active users in January, extending its market lead on this count even as Jio's active subscribers tally declined by about 3.4 million

Vodafone Idea admits to inadvertent error in subscriber data for January

Vodafone Idea (Vi) had reported a gain of 1.7 million subscribers in January, the first positive growth in last four months. However bulk of the growth was reported from Western UP

OTP communication for payment transactions resumes, no complaints filed

Trai had put on hold the implementation of its regulations to curb unsolicited commercial communication.

Vodafone Idea posts first subscriber addition in 15 months: Trai data

Vi's active user base stood at 256.3 million users, which is 89.63 per cent of its total base

Noida firm moves Delhi HC, seeks stay on Trai rules on scrubbing messages

Regulations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) require companies to register templates of their commercial text messages

HC refuses firm relief in plea against curbs on unsolicited messages

The regulations came into effect last Monday but their implementation was deferred for a week by the telecom sector regulator to allow companies to adhere to new norms

Focus on technology

Banks must invest in improving customer interface

After outage, Trai puts on hold regulation on pesky SMS for one week

Users failed to receive text messages including one time passwords for online transactions , and banks attributed the glitches to Trai's new regulations which came into effect on Monday

TRAI suspends norms for commercial text messages for one week

This comes after following disruptions in SMS and OTP deliveries for banking, payment, and other transactions

Wasted spectrum

Telecom auction fails price discovery test

Half of telecom spectrum sold goes to Reliance Jio at Rs 57,122 crore

DoT may garner Rs 20,000 crore as upfront payment in FY21

Spectrum auction: Telcos place bids worth Rs 77,000 crore on Day 1

Revenue garnered from 4G auction may be much lower than reserve price set at Rs 3.92 trillion