1.48 billion promotional 140-series calls blocked in Q1 after DND preference checks: TRAI report
- Source
- The Economic Times - Industry
- Source link
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-news/1-48-billion-promotional-140-series-calls-blocked-in-q1-after-dnd-preference-checks-trai-report/articleshow/132867213.cms
- Published
- 2026-08-04 17:19:27
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-04 22:56:17
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
TRAI reported 13.16 billion promotional calls originated via the 140 series. About 1.48 billion promotional calls were blocked after verification. Commercial SMS reached 248.06 billion, with 7.30 billion promotional SMS blocked. AI spam detection flagged 24.43 billion suspected calls and SMS. Action was taken against 183,000 telecom resources and 263 senders.
Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-04 22:56:17
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
Initial Signal Assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
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Not Assessed — this Signal did not pass the Procurement Relevance Gate, or is fictional/excluded test data.