Enforce rules to check SMS fraud or face legal action, Delhi HC tells TRAI
Delhi High Court s order has been welcomed by the digital payments industry, as insufficient supervision had let the scamsters send fake messages under duplicate headers
BusinessToday.In | February 4, 2021 | Updated 18:03 IST
SMS headers are unique IDs via which commercial text messages are sent to mobile users
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), on Wednesday, February 4, was directed by Delhi High Court to ensure that telecom companies strictly enforce rules to check the use of fake SMS headers by fraudsters to cheat customers
The order has been welcomed by the digital payments industry, as insufficient supervision had let the scamsters send fake messages under duplicate headers.