New Good vs Bad NEWS for text Chat lover's in India effect from 27 September 2011.
Main Points are:
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on controlling the telemarketing calls and SMS came into force on 27 Sept 2011.
- TRAI became more expensive for companies to use SMS as marketing tool, as it is considering raising the charge of commercial SMS.
- Some relaxation by TRAI that 100 SMS a day a subscriber limit for companies providing certain services,like e-ticketing agencies, and other important messages agencies providing directory services.
- On festival days there will be no limitation on the number of SMS.
NOTE and Remember:
Do Not Call Registry renamed to ‘National Customer Preference Registry' (NCPR)
All such info provided by Trusted PTI from Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal.
Penality:
- According to new regulations, violators could be penalised up to Rs.2.5 lakh.
- TRAI chairman J.S. Sarma said they were planning to impose 5 paise termination charge an SMS from October 15, 2011 on service providers on whose network commercial SMS originate and not on general SMS.It would make sending commercial SMS more expensive.
WHAT TO DO???????????? don't worry its simple
- Under the new regulations, subscribers could either opt for the ‘Fully Blocked' category or ‘Partially Blocked,' where they would receive commercial SMS as per their choice.
- For registering under the ‘Fully Blocked' list, a customer could either call 1909 or send SMS ‘START 0' to 1909.
- Telemarketers have been allocated the ‘140' number series that would help the subscribers to identify commercial calls easily.
Want to Increase Daily SMS limit:
- SEND your mail to Govt. of India to Increase the SMS: ap@trai.gov.in
From THE HINDU:
2 comments
Write commentswithdraw this orelse increase the number of msgs to 500per day then every one will b happy nw no one is satisfied with this decision especially youth its against to our freedom so plz rethink once or extend the numbers of msgs dnt play with us msging is the cheapest way of communicating each other the 100sms per day will nt at all sufficient for the users. plz rethink on this decision once
Replyi agree with you so here,i put the mail id ,send it by saying that to increase the SMS limit.. HOPE ministry listen to you..
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