DO NOT CALL- TRAI- unwanted calls and SMS -STOP- BLOCK THEM

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National Do Not Call Registry- REGISTER NOW AND AVOID UNWANTED CALLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is said that the 130.21 million subscribers are registered with National Customer Preference Register (NCPR) as on 25th August, 2011, as per the information provided by TRAI. The National Do Not Call Register has been renamed as National Customer Preference Register (NCPR) w.e.f. 10th Feb. 2011. 
TRAI has issued “The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010” on 1st December 2010 with the objective to provide an effective mechanism for curbing Unsolicited Commercial Communications. The main features of the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010 are as follows: 

(i) Filtering of Calls and SMS both by Access Service Provider and Telemarketers. 

(ii) In order to ensure effective control, there is a provision of security deposit by telemarketers to their Access Service Providers and deduction ranging from Rs.25,000/- to Rs.2.5 lakhs in case of violation. 

(iii) In case telemarketer is not complying with the regulation even after deduction from security deposit, there is a provision for blacklisting of telemarketers. 

(iv) Disconnection of telecom resources (s) of Unregistered Telemarketers by Access Service Providers. 

(v) In case Access Service Provider is not complying with the regulation, there is a provision to levy financial disincentive ranging from Rs one lakh to ten lakh. 

(vi) The regulations lay down a separate number series and specified SMS header for telemarketers for voice calls and SMSs respectively. 

(vii) The customer can opt to block all commercial communication or opt for partially blocked category.

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  1. When I lay battered and bruised by non-stop incoming cals and SMSs (unsought) in my Reliance phone, the notification of TRAI to block incoming messages came as a manna from heaven for me. In fact, the stream of unsolicited SMSs in my CDMA handset clogged my phone’s memory and prevented me from opening any SMS (albeit a genuine one) I breathed a sigh of relief when I did not get a single unsolicited SMS in my phone yesterday. Kudos TRAI

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