Govt disconnects over 51,000 unregistered telemarketers’ number

18 Aug 2012 Evaluate

The government has disconnected over 51,000 telephone subscribers who were not registered as a telemarketer but were involved in the activity. Minister of State for Communications and IT, Milind Deora said that notices have also been given to nearly 88,300 subscribers who have carried out similar violations.

As per the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations 2010, no commercial communications is allowed to a subscriber, who is not registered with the sector regulator TRAI as a telemarketer. By adding further Deora said, majority of data received from service providers highlight that complaints of Unsolicited Commercial Communications (UCC) are against telecom subscribers who are not registered as telemarketer.

Moreover, based on the verification, if it is found that the UCC was originated by a subscriber who is not registered with TRAI as a telemarketer, a notice shall be issued by the Originating Access Provider to such subscriber to immediately discontinue the sending of such unsolicited commercial communications and if the subscriber again send a commercial communication to any subscriber on a second occasion, disconnect the telecom resources of such subscriber.

Further, the government is also screening several calls and SMSs being sent by subscribers, without getting themselves registered with TRAI as a telemarketer, by using normal telephone connections having numbers, other than the '140' number series allotted to registered telemarketers.

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