National Desk: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made an important change for telecom companies. Under this change, companies have now been instructed to implement traceability to track OTP based messages. As a result of this change, users of Jio, Airtel, Vi and BSNL may face some changes.
TRAI’s decision: Traceability of OTP messages
With the increasing use of the Internet and smartphones, the risk of cyber crimes has also increased. While smartphones have made our lives easier, they have also become an easy way for scammers and cyber criminals. Incidents of fraud through OTP and other online messages have now become common to deceive people. To deal with this threat, TRAI has directed telecom companies to implement traceability for tracking OTP and other commercial messages. The purpose of this change is to prevent online fraud and scams.
Traceability implementation date: December 1
In August, TRAI had directed to implement this rule, but the companies were given some extra time for this. Earlier this deadline was till October 31, but on the demand of Jio, Airtel, Vi and BSNL, it was extended to November 31. Now, from December 1, telecom companies will have to implement this rule.
There may be a delay in OTP messages
When telecom companies implement this new rule, there may be some delay in receiving OTP messages. If you receive OTP for banking, reservation or other important tasks, then you may face a slight delay in it. The reason for this is that now all OTPs and other types of messages will be tracked, so that scammers do not get a chance to commit fraud through OTP.
TRAI’s objective: Prevention of scams
TRAI has taken this step especially because many times scammers gain access to users’ devices through fake OTP messages and this causes financial loss to the users. To deal with such messages, TRAI has asked telecom companies to strictly implement this rule.
The result: a secure and reliable experience
With this change, while there may be a slight delay in the OTP message, on the other hand, this step will provide telecom users with a secure and fraud-free experience. This change may pose a big challenge for telecom companies in the future, but its purpose is to increase online security for users.
After this new rule coming into effect from December 1, users of Jio, Airtel, Vi and BSNL may face a slight delay in OTP and other messages. However, this step has been taken to avoid online fraud and scams, which will give users a safe and secure experience in the future.
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