Tag: India
Indian Regulator Suggests Increasing the Cost of Calls and P2P SMS to Reduce Spam
TRAI also suggests increased use of honeypots.
DLT Will Tackle the A2P SMS URL Smishing Problem In India
India is showing that consumers can be protected using blockchains.
What Happened Whilst Commsrisk Was Away?
A clever innovation that will reduce smishing in India, a potentially huge development in the way China will tackle Asian scam compounds, another US robocall failure dressed up as success, and an arrest with serious implications in France.
Indians Must Wait 7 Days for Porting after Replacing SIMs per New Rules to Stop SIM Swap Fraud
Lost your phone? The Indian regulator will make subscribers wait 7 days before they can port their service.
India Will Block Inbound International Calls That Spoof a Domestic Mobile Number
Indian telcos already block foreign calls that spoof Indian landlines.
Indian Central Bank Looks at Alternatives to SMS OTPs for Authenticating Payments
Governor Shaktikanta Das of the Reserve Bank of India also wants digital currency to work offline, but his plan means issuers could place programmable limits on what money can buy.
$0 Penalty for Firm That Tricked Victims into Consenting to Robocalls
Response Tree LLC used over 50 deceptive websites to collect data that enabled illegal robocalls, but their $7mn penalty was suspended because they said they could not afford it.
Indian Police Raids 24 Locations Linked to US Robocall Imposter Scams
Suspects are alleged to have defrauded victims by pretending to be employees of the US government and its agencies.
Prosecutors Want to Confiscate $8mn of Assets from Publicity-Hungry Owner of Scam Call Center
Kunal Gupta claimed to be a philanthropist but police say his firm made $17.4mn by defrauding victims in the USA, UK and Australia.
Top Lawyer Says Indian Takeover of US Anti-Spam SMS Registry Is Threat to National Security
Should Tata be denied control of The Campaign Registry, a US body that manages which A2P messages are allowed?
Big Indian Telcos Accuse Amazon of Bypassing International SMS Fees
Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea oppose Amazon's demand that TRAI impose a new definition of international SMS traffic.
25 Years of RAFM: Talking to Vinod Kumar about Subex, Comms, Data, Indian Leadership and the Future
Subex has been an RAFM market leader for over two decades. Vinod Kumar has been one of Subex's leaders throughout that time.
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