According to the Telecom Department, about 1.35 crore fake calls are being blocked every day. Apart from this, the department has blocked 1.77 crore mobile numbers making fake calls.
TRAI Action: Government telecom department has taken strict steps to stop fake calls. Recently, the department shut down 1.77 crore mobile numbers. These were being used to make fake calls. The telecom department has taken this step in collaboration with TRAI to protect more than 122 crore telecom users of the country. Both have together intensified action against fake calls. TRAI has made a new policy last month, so that now operators can stop marketing and fake calls on their own. This will no longer require whitelisting.
According to the telecom department, about 1.35 crore fake calls are being stopped every day. Apart from this, the department has shut down 1.77 crore mobile numbers making fake calls. The department has taken action on the complaints of the people and has stopped about 7 crore calls within five days. The department has said that this is the beginning of their campaign.
Fake calls will be curbed
This is not the first time that the Telecom department has stopped fake callers; earlier also they had blocked lakhs of SIM cards. The department is taking strict steps to stop fake calls. From now on, callers will only receive whitelisted telemarketing calls.
11 lakh accounts frozen
Recently, the Ministry of Communications said in a statement that about 11 lakh accounts have been frozen by banks and payment wallets. The government says that more SIM cards will be blocked in the coming days. Four telecom service operators (TSPs) working with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had blocked 45 lakh fake international calls from reaching the telecom network.
