September 29, 2011

TRAI puts restriction on number of outgoing SMSes

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has implemented a new restriction on maximum number of outgoing SMSes, in an effort to reduce mass spam SMSes being everyday by various firms and institutions in India. The maximum number of outgoing SMSes is now limited to 100 per day for prepaid users and 3000 per month for postpaid users. So far it sounds good but it's not. The problem is in the way they have implemented this restriction, this new rule is applicable not only to mass spam senders but also applicable to each and every single phone user in India. Many of us have huge friend circle and we can easily cross this limit of 100 SMSes in a day. With this new restriction in place we will have to switch to alternative texting solutions like blackberry's BBM. What do you think, should this restriction be removed ?

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