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ET had reported in November that the telecom regulator had imposed penalties collectively amounting to Rs 35 crore on eight operators including Bharti Airtel, Voda-Idea, Jio and BSNL for violation of TCCCPR on various counts, which allowed cyber criminals to issue fake SMSes.
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In September 2020, telecom companies launched the first phase and started blocking SMS traffic originating from unregistered headers.
New Delhi: Beginning January 31, mobile phone companies will filter out commercial SMSes with unregistered content, as part of the second phase of blockchain implementation designed to check the flow of spam text messages.
This means any entity registered on the distributor ledger technology (DLT) platform with a unique header ID, for example AX-DOMINOS, will have to submit content templates of all SMSes they wish to deliver to their customers till January 31. From then on, telecom companies will block any SMS originating from an unregistered header
That 30-second Covid message is taking hours of our time
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Consumer groups say those pre-call covid messages are hugely problematic. They say the message being played across networks is estimated to be causing wastage of around 1.3 crore man-hours a day, and invariably holds up or delays distress calls from going through during emergencies.
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The association added that energy resources would also be squandered as mobile users would end up recharging their cellphones more frequently to use up an estimated 3 crore additional hours a day listening to the Covid-19 messages.
When’s the last time India wanted to tune out after Amitabh Bachchan started speaking? But when India’s billion-plus mobile users spend hours every day for months listening to 30-second covid messages, then even the famous baritone of the iconic actor, who lends his voice to one of the message variants, can’t prevent fatigue.
Movie channels saw 11% spike in ads in ’20
Media experts said that big properties also helped push up average television viewership with a multiplier effect on movie channels and their ad volumes.
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Movies on television saw an 11% spike in advertising volumes in 2020 as compared to 2019, with the festive months of October and November witnessing the highest share of average ad volumes.
According to data from television advertising measurement firm TAM Media Research, though ads on film channels had been growing between 2016 and 2020, the past year saw the highest share of ad volumes for the genre at 23%.
4G Spectrum Available for Less than Half the Price in Upcoming Auction
4G Spectrum Available for Less than Half the Price in Upcoming Auction
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will be availing the 4G spectrum for less than half the price in the upcoming auctions
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Department of Telecommunications (DoT) which decides the price of the spectrum bands or airwaves sold to the telecom operators will be availing the 4G spectrum for less than half the price in the upcoming auctions. Just to be clear, half the price here means half the price of what the operators paid for the spectrum bands in the previously held auctions. The 4G spectrum auction is slated to start from March 2021 in India. It is worth noting that most of the spectrum bands’ base prices are suggested by the
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