Report of TRAI deliberation with Regulatory Heads of all the Telecom Service Providers

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) held a meeting, under the chairmanship of Chairperson, TRAI with Regulatory Heads of all the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs). The following issues were discussed during the meeting-

1. Spam calls by Entities sending bulk commercial communications through PRI/SIP or Bulk Connections.
2. Migration of all Telemarketers and Enterprise making bulk calls to DLT platform Entity and Telemarketer Chain Binding for traceability of messages.
3. Whitelisting of URLs for blocking of messages containing malicious links.

After detailed deliberations, the following decisions were taken-

1. If any entity misuses its SIP/PRI lines for making spam calls, all the Telecom Resources of the entity shall be disconnected by its Telecom Service Provider (TSP) and the entity shall be blacklisted by it. This information shall be shared by the TSP with all other TSPs who will, in turn, disconnect all the telecom resources given by them to that entity and blacklist it for a period of up to two years. No new telecom resources shall be allocated to it by any TSP during the period of blacklisting.
2. With effect from 1st September 2024, no message, containing URLs/APKs that are not whitelisted, shall be allowed to be delivered.
3. The technical implementation of Entity and Telemarketer chain binding for ensuring traceability of the message flow shall be completed by the TSPs latest by 31st October 2024.