Fake Call: The government has warned people against those who threaten to block mobile numbers in the name of the Department of Telecommunications. An official statement said that those calling themselves as officials of the Department of Telecommunications and threatening to disconnect the connection are fake and their aim is to steal people’s personal information … Read more
USSD Based Call Forwarding Facility Date: Department of Telecommunications has asked telecom companies to stop USSD-based call forwarding from April 15. Besides, it was also said that these services can be restarted in an alternative way. The department said in one of its orders that the USSD based call forwarding facility is also being used … Read more
The government on Thursday said it has formed a committee to draft guidelines to address the problem of unwanted or promotional calls. These types of calls not only violate the privacy of users but also the rights of consumers. This decision was taken in a meeting held here on February 14 under the chairmanship of … Read more
The Department of Telecommunications has asked service operators to conduct security audit of their systems. The department has issued instructions after a cyber security company claimed that information related to 75 crore Indian customers was breached. A government official gave this information. According to the claim of cyber security company CloudSec, its researchers have found … Read more
Department of Telecommunications On Thursday, it warned users about phone calls made with malicious intentions. They have been asked to be cautious of such calls in which they are asked to call an unknown number after dialing ‘Star 401 hashtag’ (*401#). risk of fraud Calling an unknown number by dialing *401# allows fraudsters to receive … Read more
TRAI News: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) warned people against fraudulent calls and termed such calls as illegal. Such callers, falsely claiming to be from TRAI, warn of disconnecting the number. TRAI said that it neither ‘blocks’ nor disables any mobile number of any individual telecom customer. Any such call or message claiming to … Read more
[ad_1] Patna. In Bihar and Jharkhand, out of 21,800 SIM cards of customers having more than nine connections, a total of 17,000 have been deactivated so far in April and May. An official gave this information on Sunday. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has deactivated about 17,000 such mobile numbers out of 21,800 connections. As … Read more
[ad_1] Patna. The Department of Telecom has deactivated over 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand to check the menace of financial frauds using SIM cards obtained on the basis of forged documents. The department came to know in the investigation that some people are using fake papers to get the SIM card of … Read more