The telecom service providers and members of the Association of National Exchange Members were also present in the meeting.
The Digital Consent Facility, which allows banks and other entities to send promotional messages, was also discussed. The meeting emphasized the obligations of senders under Trai regulations and agreed to whitelist URLs, use minimum headers and content templates, and take immediate action against misuse. While prefixing the series to numbers will help to identify genuine calls from institutions, whitelisting of headers can help check fraud messages.
Meanwhile Irdai, in a circular, became the first to bar companies from using 10-digit mobile numbers to make calls to existing or prospective customers and use the 140/160 series allotted by the telecom regulator. Irdai’s circular to all regulated entities follows the telecom regulator’s new guidelines aimed at curbing unsolicited voice calls or messages.
Most of the frauds that are undertaken by criminals impersonating bankers, insurance or other government officials is being perpetuated through private mobile numbers.
Insurance companies have also been asked to take steps to spread awareness among customers, in local language as well, about the remedial actions/ steps to be taken in various scenarios such as ONO Registration, Registration of Complaints.
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