Telecom Operators Accounting For Highest Spam Calls, States Truecaller

If you have been getting increased spam calls of late, n reason for this could be telcos mselves, as per a Truecaller report which has placed India in second position as far as incoming spam calls are concerned. first position, here, is bagged by Brazil.

This Truecaller report, applicable to 2018 (till current time period), also has positive statistics for India; and as per se, re was a slight decrease in overall spam calls to India; and this change has been marginal and in range of 1.5%.However, re are disturbing statistics for Brazil as Truecaller report states that on an aver Brazilians received around 37.5 spam calls per Truecaller user in a month.

Also, number of spam calls originating from telecom operators desirous of informing ir respective customers about various new offers and recharge-related aspects has reportedly been on rise. se calls have also said to have doubled, in comparison to 2017. Gauging se, need for spam call filtering apps and tools within mobile devices become imminent.

Truecaller states that a whopping 91% of all spam calls have been from telcos this year; followed by marginal scam calls and telemarketing calls. Hence, you could register for TRAI’s Do-t-Disturb (DND) services to keep “unwanted” promotional calls at bay.

At this juncture, it is worth ting that TRAI has w seemingly eased regulations and time taken to port out from existing telcos. As per amended Mobile Number Portability (MNP) regulations, it could only take 2 working days to port operators within same telecom circle, and a maximum of 4 working days for different telecom circles. Also, telcos would be liable to pay Rs 10000 as penalty in case of wrongly rejection of MNP requests from customers.

Here, your Unique Porting Code (UPC) would be valid only for a period of 4 days; as recommended by TRAI. se regulations would be applicable to all regions except that of Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, and rth-East.

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