NEW DELHI: Govt is concerned about the growing menace of
pesky calls
and
unsolicited commercial messages
, and is now looking to work out a regulation to counter the menace. The first step will involve regulator
Trai
issuing a
consultation paper
on the matter, and thereafter working out recommendations.
Trai has taken note of the problem and will bring the consultation paper as early as next month to “significantly revise regulation,” chairman
Anil Kumar Lahoti
said on Friday.
“We will be revising the regulations and tighten the mechanism, to clamp down on calls being made from normal 10-digit numbers and (will also address) other forms of misuse,” the Trai chief said.
The consumer affairs ministry is also working on the issue of tackling unsolicited communications, he added. “The entire govt… different departments are working in tandem and are completely conscious of the problem, and are looking at ways to address it.” Govt has time and again expressed concerns over the nagging issue of unsolicited commercial communication, which refuses to ebb down, despite various warnings by the
telecom ministry
.