There will be a ban on spam messages on your mobile from December 11, TRAI’s new rules will be implemented.

In the previous few years, the issue of spam calls and messages on mobile has elevated quickly. Some measures have been taken to curb this downside. The new rule of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) known as message traceability is being applied from December 11. This rule will assist in decreasing spam messages.

This rule was to be applied from December 1 however it was postponed on the request of telecom corporations. However, the precise deadline for this was October 31. With the new system, the particular person sending the message can be tracked until its supply. With this, the involvement of telemarketers and different events in sending messages can be detected. TRAI has stated that this rule will not trigger delay in receiving vital messages like one-time password (OTP). OTP is used for banking and different providers. In the new system, such promotional and spam messages which aren’t despatched by registered corporations will be blocked. More than 27,000 corporations have registered for this.

Bharti Airtel, one of many massive telecom corporations, had stated earlier this week that it has been warned of greater than 8 billion spam calls on its community. About two and a half months in the past, the corporate had launched a resolution primarily based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cope with the issue of spam calls and messages. After this, the corporate’s subscribers are warned about receiving spam calls and messages.

Bharti Airtel stated that with the assistance of this resolution, about 10 lakh spammers are recognized daily on its community. Six p.c of all calls and roughly two p.c of all SMS on the corporate’s community had been recognized as spam. Maximum variety of spam calls are acquired within the capital Delhi. In the final two and a half months, the corporate has warned greater than 25 crore subscribers about suspicious calls. The firm discovered a 12 p.c drop in subscribers answering spam calls. After Delhi, most variety of spam calls originate from Mumbai and Karnataka. Most of the spam messages are from Gujarat. After this there are Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh.