The Direction is a much needed development in light of the significant rise in UCC spam over the past few years. TRAI has been continuously engaged in developing measures aimed at curbing UCC, including the development of a Do Not Disturb application, as well as, constant efforts aimed at ensuring compliance with header and content registration requirements.
On 8th December 2021, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) had suo-moto issued a consultation paper to undertake a holistic review of all licenses, approvals, authorisations, etc. in the Telecom and Broadcasting sectors
On 30th January 2023, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) released the Consultation Paper on Regulating Converged Digital Technologies and Services – Enabling Convergence of Carriage of Broadcasting and Telecommunication Services (“CP’”) inviting public consultation on the same.