Telecom Fraud Alert: DoT Disables 3.4 Cr Telephones, Blocks 16.97 Lakh WhatsApp Accounts | Expertise Information
WhatsApp Account Ban: To deal with telecom fraud, the federal government introduced on Friday that it has disconnected over 3.4 crore cellular connections and blocked 3.19 lakh IMEI numbers by way of the Sanchar Saathi portal.
The Division of Telecommunications (DoT) acknowledged that, leveraging AI and Huge Knowledge, it additionally deactivated 16.97 lakh WhatsApp accounts. Including additional, greater than 20,000 bulk SMS senders have been blacklisted underneath the DoT’s ‘Sanchar Saathi’ initiative, in response to Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Minister of State for Communications and Rural Growth, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
By the Sanchar Saathi portal, the federal government facilitates residents to report suspected fraud communications on Chakshu facility. DoT then carries out a number of evaluation and takes motion on such telecom assets which have been discovered linked to misuse, stated the minister.
Quite than appearing on particular person reported suspected fraud communications, DoT makes use of the group sourced knowledge to hold out evaluation and to zero down on misuse of telecom assets. The Division makes use of AI based mostly device and massive knowledge evaluation to determine suspected cellular connections taken on faux paperwork.
Additional, DoT and telecom service suppliers (TSPs) have devised a system for close to actual time identification and blocking of incoming worldwide spoofed calls displaying Indian cellular numbers that look like originating from India, stated the minister.
In the meantime, telecom service suppliers have blacklisted 1,150 entities/people and disconnected greater than 18.8 lakh assets. The actions led to a big discount within the complaints towards unregistered telemarketers (UTMs) — from 1,89,419 in August 2024 to 1,34,821 in January 2025.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) amended the Telecom Industrial Communications Buyer Desire Rules (TCCCPR), 2018 on February 12.
A buyer can now make a criticism about spam/unsolicited business communication (UCC) inside seven days of receiving spam as in comparison with earlier three-day time restrict.
The time restrict for taking motion by the entry suppliers towards the UCC from unregistered senders has been diminished from 30 days to five days, in response to the amendments. To make sure immediate motion towards the senders of UCC, the criterion for taking motion towards them has been revised and made extra stringent. (With IANS Inputs)
