TRAI extends SMS limit to 200 per day
New Delhi: Consumers will now be able to send up to 200 SMSes per day from a SIM, as against the earlier limit of just 100 SMSes per day imposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
"The authority has received representations from some of the service providers and consumers to increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM. The authority has considered these representations and decided to increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM to 200 SMSes per day per SIM," TRAI said in a statement on Tuesday.
To deter unsolicited SMSes by telemarketing companies, TRAI had earlier restricted the number of non-commercial SMSes that can be send from a SIM to 100. There was no restriction on commercial messages sent through telemarketing companies registered with TRAI.
The new cap of 200 SMSes per SIM per day will be effective from Tuesday.
"The authority has received representations from some of the service providers and consumers to increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM. The authority has considered these representations and decided to increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM to 200 SMSes per day per SIM," TRAI said in a statement on Tuesday.
To deter unsolicited SMSes by telemarketing companies, TRAI had earlier restricted the number of non-commercial SMSes that can be send from a SIM to 100. There was no restriction on commercial messages sent through telemarketing companies registered with TRAI.
The new cap of 200 SMSes per SIM per day will be effective from Tuesday.
Information note to the Press (Press Release No. 53 /2011)
For Immediate Release
Telecom Regulatory Authority OfIndia
TRAI extends the 100 SMS per day per SIM limit to 200 SMS per day per SIM.
New Delhi, 1st November, 2011: All the provisions of “The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010” issued have come into force from 27th September 2011.
2. The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations provide a restriction that no Access Provider shall permit sending of more than one hundred SMS per day per SIM except telemarketer or transactional message sending entity. The Authority has received representations from some of the service providers and consumers to increase the limit of 100 SMS per day per SIM. The Authority has considered these representations and decided to increase the limit of one hundred SMS per day per SIM to two hundred SMS per day per SIM.
3. The “The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010” and Direction are available on TRAI website http://www.trai.gov.in.
Contact Details in case of any clarifications
A. Robert J. Ravi, Advisor (QoS&SP),
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
MahanagarDoorsancharBhawan,
JawaharLal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110 002
Tel.: 011-23230404
Fax: 011- 23213036
E-mail : advqos@trai.gov.in 2
Authorised to issue
A. Robert J. Ravi
Advisor (QoS& SP)
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Curbing sms is curbing the freedom of speech of the common man, and the 100 sms limit should be used only for the tele marketeers, as the Freedom of Speech is guaranteed by the constitution of India to all its citizens and all sms 100 or beyond should remain cheap or free to the common man, because this is the effective method of communication today and should be considered equal to the Freedom of Speech in the constitution
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