Monday, October 10, 2011

India caps text messages to curb telemarketing

India caps text messages to curb telemarketing

SMS-based telemarketing is a serious problem in India — so serious, in fact, that the government has decided to crack down in a pretty severe way. As of this week, every Indian mobile user or company is allowed to send only 100 text messages per day, as part of a new anti-spam initiative from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The move is just the latest in a series of campaigns to combat a boom in aggressive telemarketing that, according to some, borders on harassment.

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