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After a week’s pause, communication of One Time Passwords (OTP) through short messaging for payment transactions resumed smoothly. Last week, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had put on hold the implementation of its regulations to curb unsolicited commercial communication. The regulator gave banks and other service providers one week to adhere to the regulations after customers across the country failed to receive text messages and OTPs. A senior Indian Banks’ Association executive said things began smoothly after a one-week standstill. Members have not given negative...

Synopsis The bulk messaging service provider Shivtel has alleged that Trai’s activation of SMS content scrubbing on March 8, has caused close to 80% of Shivtel’s messages being dropped in some cases while the overall failure rate was 50%. Shivtel processes close to 5.3 billion SMS per year for corporates across 20 business segments, it says. Agencies ET had reported that over 400 million SMSes were dropped on March 8 pan-India. (Representative image) The telecom regulator is encountering a new lawsuit everyday, courtesy to its regulation on SMS content checking. Noida-based telemarketing ...