73% Indians get 4 or more unwanted SMS every day
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Indian girls facing a deep digital divide.(photo:ianslife). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 10 : A total of 74 per cent of citizens say they still get spam SMS despite registering on TRAIs 'Do Not Call Registry, as per a LocalCircles survey.
A 14 per cent have got spam SMS in the last 12 months about earning money. Only minor reduction observed in volume of unsolicited SMS received by citizens in last 2 years, the survey said.
After SMS and OTP disruptions were reported for banking, payment and other transactions, the TRAI for 7 days suspended the implementation of norms for commercial text messages or SMS which came into effect on Monday.