The central government is taking new steps to deal with fake SMS, fake spam calls, and the ever-increasing cyber fraud. Meanwhile, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has introduced a new rule to protect people from fraud. TRAI is implementing a new traceability rule across the country from today. TRAI has instructed Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and BSNL to implement it.
After the implementation of TRAI's new traceability rule, the OTP messages received by mobile users can be easily tracked. If explained in clear words, now if you are defrauded through any OTT, then telecom companies will be able to trace the source of that OTP message. According to TRAI, this can be of great help in stopping cyber fraud.
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After the implementation of the OTP Traceability Rule, the number of spam calls or fake messages coming to mobile users will be able to be identified. This new rule of TRAI will provide great relief to crores of mobile users across the country. With the new rule, all the messages coming to the mobile through the route of telecom companies can be easily tracked.
Let us tell you that in TRAI's new rule, banking messages and promotional telemarketing messages will be kept in different categories. Companies can also issue alerts to users about suspicious promotional messages related to fraud so that users can sense the danger in advance. TRAI said that the purpose of implementing the traceability rule is only to improve the messaging system.
TRAI said this regarding OTP
Let us tell you that the last date for implementing the traceability rule by TRAI was 31 October, but on the demand of other telecom companies including Jio, and Airtel, this deadline was extended to 30 November. Now it is being implemented across the country from 1 December 2024. According to TRAI, there is no possibility of delay in receiving OTP-based messages due to the traceability rule. OTP messages will reach the users on time as before.
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