Operators, companies to face action on pesky calls - Indian Express

Press Trust Of India : New Delhi, Fri Aug 23 2013, 02:48 hrs Coming down heavily on pesky callers, telecom regulator Trai has said phone connections of banks, insurance firms and realty players will be disconnected if rules of unwanted calls and messages are flouted by them, or on their behalf. The new rules issued by the authority include a fine of Rs 5,000 per complaint on a telecom firm if found that the unsolicited commercial call (UCC) or SMS was made by unregistered telemarketers using its network. Trai said, "In cases where the UCC contains reference to another telephone number or an entity such as banks, insurance companies, builders for which the commercial transaction has been solicited, the telecom resources issued to the subscriber/entity for which commercial transaction has been solicited, shall be disconnected across all service providers..." ALSO READ Re tanks to new low over mixed signals from RBI In a downturn, public sector entities take severe beating on stock prices Reebok India asks govt for 'fair' review of SFIO charges FMC to NSEL: Auction defaulters' assets Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHymfOkQMrPSwL-AhMKwaBaij0oPw&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/operators-companies-to-face-action-on-pesky-calls/1158925/

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