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In order to identify fraud SIM cards and block them, solutions powered by AI and facial recognition for telecom SIM subscriber verification (ASTR) is also being implemented by the government pan-India.

74% respondents getting pesky messages despite being in Trais DND list: Survey SECTIONS Last Updated: Jul 12, 2021, 08:06 AM IST Share Synopsis Regulations regarding pesky calls are managed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). It has provision to penalise pesky callers in the range of Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000 per violation. Getty Images Around 74 per cent of the total respondents in a survey said they are getting unwanted SMS despite being in the regulator Trais Do Not Disturb list...

BSNL warns users about SMS frauds, asks not to give out personal information BSNL issued a notice alerting its users about recent SMS frauds and noted that the telco is not asking for any personal information or KYC details of users through SMS. Yasmin Ahmed | March 10, 2021 | Updated 18:46 IST Highlights BSNL has warned its users not to give out personal information through SMS, as it could be part of SMS fraud. BSNL then noted that the fraudsters are using KYC details through SMS to withdra...

Not receiving OTPs? Heres why Not receiving OTPs? Heres why By:Abhishek Malhotra, The Mobile Indian , New Delhi Last updated : March 09, 2021 5:31 pm Advertisement As the implementation of TRAIs second phase of new SMS regulations by telecom companies continues, people around India have started facing difficulties in receiving OTPs for any kind of transactions through banks, e-commerce companies, or even two-factor authentication messages.    According to a re...

Government sets up Digital Intelligence Unit to deal with pesky calls, mobile frauds Recently, Telecom Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad chaired a high-level meeting to address the rising concerns of financial frauds, unsolicited messages. As a result, a Nodal agency, named Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) will be set up, which will coordinate with various LEAs, Financial Institutions, and telecom service providers in investigating any fraudulent activity involving telecom resources. At the Lice...

Feb 16, 2021, 14:25 PM IST New Delhi: In a bid to crack down on tele financial frauds and pesky calls, Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad chaired a high level meeting. The objective of the government is to address the rising concern and irritation of consumers over Unsolicited Messages on mobile phones, repeated harassment through SMS, promising fraudulent loan transactions and above all make digital transaction safe an...

Centre tightens noose to curb financial frauds & unsolicited messages using telecom platforms New Delhi, Feb 15 (UNI) With an aim to make digital transactions secure, reliable and trustworthy, the Centre has tightened noose to prevent financials frauds like in Jamtara in Jharkhand and Mewat in Haryana wherein fraudulent activities has been done using telecom platform. A high level meeting chaired by the Union Minister for Information Technology and Communication Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday ...

Published: February 16, 2021 2:07 PM IST In a bid to curve mobile frauds and pesky calls, the Government of India has decided to impose penalty on the tele-marketers including disconnection of resources in case of ‘repeated violations.’ Also Read - TRAIs new SMS regulations will prevent spam, fraudulent messages: Heres how To tackle the peril of unwanted calls, the telecom ministry has planned to set up a digital intelligen...

During a high level meeting held on Monday, the government has taken up the issue of frauds over mobile networks very seriously because of which it will now start imposing penalties on telemarketers who dont follow the laid down rules.

The government will set up a new nodal agency called the Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) aimed at safeguarding digital transactions