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  • TRAI’s Big Step To Curb Misuse Of URLs In Messages, SMS To Come Into Effect From 1 October |

    New Delhi: In a major step to curb the misuse of URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) in messages, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a Direction on 20th August 2024, instructing all Access Providers to block any traffic containing URLs, APKs. (Android Package Kit), or OTT (Over The Top) links that have not been whitelisted. The Direction is set to be implemented by 1st October 2024.

    To ensure smooth flow of SMS traffic containing URLs, TRAI advises registered senders to promptly upload their whitelisted URL/APK/OTT links to the portal of the respective Access Providers. So far, over 3,000 registered senders have complied with this requirement by whitelisting more than 70,000 links. Senders who fail to whitelist their links by the due date will not be able to transmit any messages containing URL/APK/OTT links.

    This initiative by TRAI is designed to safeguard consumers from unsolicited messages containing malicious links while fostering a transparent and secure communication system. By complying with these new rules, both Access Providers and registered senders can help in creating a more reliable and safe messaging environment.

  • BlackBerry to discontinue key companies for present telephones

    BlackBerry has introduced that it’ll discontinue providing vital companies for its present units in 2022. As per Mashable, from January 4, the enterprise’s smartphones will probably be with out provisioning companies.

    It will probably be unable to connect with networks, together with the cell phone community, on account of this.

    Just a few years again, BlackBerry’s keyboard-centric designs had led to excessive demand, particularly amongst enterprise employees who relied on BlackBerry companies that present a excessive diploma of confidentiality and anonymity.

    BlackBerry could not do a lot as smartphones proceed to vary with the introduction of the primary touchscreen telephone. Although Android telephones – which at one time resembled cheap BlackBerry knockoffs – shifted their focus to the touch display interface, the introduction of the primary iPhone shook up the trade.

    BlackBerry, however, was caught off guard. It disputed that on-screen keyboards have been rising in recognition and as a substitute relied on the companies that businesspeople have been realistically reliant on.

    As a end result, it took at the very least a 12 months for the corporate to launch the first-ever touchscreen telephone. BlackBerry, which is now a minor competitor out there, has opted to desert its very personal companies in favour of Android.

    BlackBerry realised it could not preserve up with the trade and exited the {hardware} sector after a couple of telephones that have been undeniably engaging and lured some customers. It offered the BlackBerry-branded license to a couple producers however maintained the company safety companies.

    According to Mashable, which means the enterprise will proceed to help older BlackBerrys operating its proprietary software program. These are, nonetheless, historical telephones.

    Because the newest software program replace of BlackBerry OS was revealed in 2013, shutting it down will not have a major impression.

    It’s troublesome to consider that some people are nonetheless utilizing historical BlackBerry telephones. BlackBerry, however, is able to say goodbye if there are nonetheless some customers. BlackBerry has acknowledged on its FAQ web site that it could not reply to provisioning updates to its handsets.

    Those units would not be able to connecting to Wi-Fi or mobile networks on account of this. These devices will finally cease working and can not supply “data, texts and calls, SMS, and 911 capabilities.” On January 4, BlackBerry World and BlackBerry Link will probably be decommissioned. 

    This story has been revealed from a wire company feed with out modifications to the textual content.

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  • Google permits end-to-end encryption texting inside Messages app

    Google has been rolling the end-to-end encryption characteristic to everybody utilizing wealthy textual content communication inside the Messages app.

    According to Mashable, the expertise big has been planning on including end-to-end encryption to its next-gen SMS protocol – RCS for a while now. End-end encryption was introduced inside the Messages app for a choose few backs in November as a part of a Beta section and Google’s lastly rolling the characteristic out to everybody utilizing wealthy textual content communication.

    However, there are few restrictions which were reported like, the characteristic for Rich Communication Services (RCS) messages is at present restricted solely to direct conversations, so group chats nonetheless do not have encryption.

    The encryption will solely work if each events within the dialog are utilizing Google’s default Android Messages app and have RCS chat options enabled.

    On a associated be aware, Google introduced a wider rollout of this new characteristic alongside a lot of different updates for Android customers by way of an official weblog submit. “Messages app users are getting a feature that lets you star mark messages for future reference — just like the star email feature on Gmail,” reported Mashable.

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  • COVID-19 vaccine SMS that compromises Android telephones spreading: Cyber company

    NEW DELHI :
    A pretend COVID-19 vaccine registration SMS that “maliciously” positive factors entry right into a customers’ Android telephone resulting in compromise of particular person contact listing is in circulation, the federal cyber safety company has alerted.

    The dangerous SMS has been recognized by a minimum of 5 variants.

    “It has been reported that a fake SMS message is in circulation that falsely claims to offer an app to let users register for COVID-19 vaccine in India.”

    “The SMS carries a link that installs the malicious app on Android-based devices, which essentially spreads itself via SMS to victims’ contacts,” the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team or CERT-In mentioned in a public advisory issued on Saturday.

    The company is the federal expertise arm to fight cyber assaults and guarding the Indian cyber area towards phishing and hacking assaults and related on-line assaults.

    It added that the “app also gains unnecessary permissions that attackers could leverage to acquire user data such as contact list.”

    Some of its recognized variants are: Covid19.apk; Vaci__Regis.apk; MyVaccin_v2.apk; Cov-Regis.apk and Vccin-Apply.apk.

    The advisory mentioned that the one “official” on-line hyperlink to register for coronavirus vaccination within the nation is the portal– http://cowin.gov.in.

    It requested customers to be alert towards all makes an attempt of phishing by pretend domains, emails and textual content messages that promise registration for a jab towards the pandemic.

    As a part of measures to verify such malicious makes an attempt of knowledge breach, it suggested customers to tune their telephone setting in a fashion that disables set up of apps by “untrusted sources” and that sides ought to undertake secure searching and use trusted anti-virus and web firewall instruments.

    India at current is administering two COVID-19 vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — to its residents and based on official knowledge, the central authorities has up to now offered almost 18 crore vaccine doses to states and union territories.

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  • All main banks, telemarketers but to register their SMS templates: TRAI

    All main banks and telemarketers have didn’t register the SMS (brief message service) templates and comply with different regulatory necessities to keep away from scrubbing of their industrial communication to customers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) mentioned. Though the Trai would individually notify all these entities, the regulator has requested all principal entities, which use bulk messages to satisfy all regulatory necessities instantly.
    “Despite repeated communication, all major banks and big telemarketers sending SMS have failed to fulfill regulatory requirements … Trai has called for further reports from TSPs (telecom service providers),” the telecom regulator mentioned, including in the interim, all types of industrial communication by way of messages shall be allowed. On March 8, Trai requested telcos to implement the norms for SMS scrubbing after a delay of practically 2 years. Services reminiscent of OTPs and different industrial communication suffered an outage on the day, prompting the Trai to droop the norms for seven days.

  • TRAI suspends new SMS scrubbing norms for 7 days

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday quickly suspended the scrubbing of quick message service or SMS by telecom service suppliers (TSP) for seven days to permit principal entities to register their messaging templates. Trai has requested the telecom firms to tell the respective principal entities and facilitate their registration throughout the stipulated time.
    Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officers will, on Wednesday, additionally meet the TSPs, Trai officers, financial institution executives, and different principal entities that ship SMSes to customers, and ask them to expedite the method of registration in order that this know-how could possibly be introduced into place as quickly as potential, senior authorities officers stated.

    The motion by Trai comes after the functioning of a number of SMS-based providers of banks and e-commerce platforms was hit on Monday as TSPs carried out the second section of SMS regulation. As per Trai norms, the content material of all SMSes will now be verified earlier than it’s allowed to be delivered on the customers’ system. This course of, generally known as scrubbing, was carried out from Monday after a number of delays. The new Trai laws for principal entities, which will likely be allowed to ship SMSes to clients, search registration of senders, telemarketers, headers, content material, templates, consent templates and subscriber desire.

    ExplainedContent to be verifiedAs per Trai norms, the content material of all SMSes will now be verified earlier than it’s allowed to be delivered on the customers’ system.

    Trai, in 2018, launched a framework below which telcos might use a distributed ledger know-how or blockchain to confirm the sender data and content material of each business SMS earlier than it was delivered on the person’s system. All unregistered business senders have been banned from sending any SMSes by the brand new know-how.
    “Blockchain will ensure two things — non-repudiation and confidentiality. Only those authorised to access details will be able to access subscriber details and only when they need to deliver service,” the then Trai Chairman R S Sharma had then stated.
    Despite reminders from telcos and Trai, most principal entities or businesses that ship business SMSes had not registered themselves, following which their messages weren’t getting delivered on Monday. According to Trai, the outdated know-how and platform allowed unscrupulous telemarketers to override the said desire of the subscriber by claiming consent which will have been surreptitiously obtained.

  • SMS scrubbing comes into impact: Hiccups for banking, e-comm ops as OTPs fail

    The functioning of banks and e-commerce companies had been hit on Monday as telecom servie suppliers (TSPs) began implementing the second part of SMS regulation. The transfer disrupted a number of essential providers, particularly sending of one-time password (OTP) by banks and e-commerce companies for numerous providers.
    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) guideline that the verification course of of each SMS content material must be carried out earlier than it’s delivered — often known as scrubbing — was carried out on Monday after a number of delays. As outcome, unverified and unregistered SMS messages had been blocked by telecom operators.
    However, the implementation of the SMS regulation hit the method of sending OTP for numerous cost providers. “Banks were flooded with complaints from customers who didn’t get OTPs for fund transfers. This affected services across the country. The implementation was not fine-tuned. It should have been implemented carefully,” mentioned a banking supply.
    “I wanted to transfer some funds to my relative. But as the OTP never came, I couldn’t execute the transfer,” mentioned the client of a number one non-public financial institution.
    According to Trai, unscrupulous telemarketers as we speak override the said desire of the subscriber by claiming consent which will have been surreptitiously obtained. “New regulations provide the subscriber with complete control over their consent and the ability to revoke the consent already granted, at their option. A major abuse of the current regulations would thus be stopped,” the regulator had mentioned.

    Trai mentioned the idea of registered templates for each SMS and voice communication has been launched to forestall deliberate mixing of promotional messages into the transactional stream. Telcos mentioned telemarketers and companies ought to adjust to the requirements set by Trai. A blockchain methodology is used to confirm the content material of each SMS and each unregistered SMS is blocked.
    Responding to the difficulty, telcos mentioned they’d communicated with entities to register their content material template earlier than March 7.
    “TSPs are following Trai regulations and have activated due process of content scrubbing to address the issue of unsolicited commercial communication. TSPs have sent various communications to the principle entities to register their content template with the TSPs before March 7, 2021. We request all the PEs to get their content template registered with TSPs at the earliest, and help TSPs to address the issue of unsolicited commercial communication,” mentioned SP Kochhar, director geeral, Cellular Operators Association of India.

  • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana: Applications invited at no cost coaching in employment oriented commerce

    ITI for youth of Raipur district below Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana Free talent coaching is being organized at Mana. Under this, free coaching will likely be imparted to the candidates within the electrical winder and electrical technician commerce. The eligibility for the candidates has been handed tenth customary and the age restrict has been set from 18 years to 45 years. Applicant until January 15 Principal ITI Mana or Collectorate of District Skill Development Authority can apply within the workplace positioned in Raipur campus. Apart from this, you may as well apply by WhatsApp or SMS by writing your title, date of beginning, cell quantity, tackle, course title and academic qualification in cell quantity 9826403108 and 9827881910. The coaching interval of the candidates will likely be 4 months. During this, they are going to be given theoretical and sensible coaching.

  • Airtel Vs V: 1.5GB knowledge out there each day, value lower than 250

    While recharging, we’re in search of low cost and extra advantages plans. Keeping in thoughts the consumption of information these days, we make a plan to recharge with a plan that has a minimum of 1.5GB of every day knowledge, and a minimum of the value. If you’re a pay as you go buyer of Vodafone or Airtel, and are confused in regards to the plan, then we’re telling you in regards to the 1.5GB knowledge plan of each corporations, which is lower than 250 rupees.

    Yes, right here we’re telling in regards to the most cost-effective limitless pay as you go recharge plan for pay as you go cellular customers with Vodafone Idea, Airtel’s every day 1.5 GB knowledge. 

    Vi’s 249-rupee plan –  Vodafone-Idea’s 249-rupee plan validity can be 28 days. In this, prospects are given 1.5 GB of information each day. Talking about the advantages of calling, on this plan, customers are given limitless calling on all networks and 100 SMS advantages each day. The particular factor is that with this plan the corporate weekend knowledge rollover and 5GB further knowledge can be being given on the app.

    Airtel’s Rs 249 plan –  Firstly discuss Airtel’s Rs 249 recharge plan, then this plan comes with a validity of 28 days. In this, prospects get 1.5 GB of information each day. Also, on this plan, customers are additionally given the advantage of limitless calling on all networks. Apart from this, additionally, you will get the advantages of 100 SMS each day. Apart from this, if you happen to discuss extra service, then prospects are additionally given free entry to free Helotunes, Wink music and Airtel Xstream. Not solely this, prospects are given the advantage of 1 12 months free on-line course from Shaw Academy and cashback of Rs 100 on shopping for FASTag.

  • BSNL offers special offer on the occasion of Christmas, 3GB data will be available daily

    Government telecom company BSNL has announced a very special offer for its users on the occasion of this Christmas, under which you will get the facility of daily 3GB data. The company has launched two plans of 998 rupees and 199 rupees under the Christmas offer.

    Rs 998 plan

    First of all, let us tell you about the plan of 998 rupees. In this plan, the user gets the facility of daily 3GB data with a validity of 240 days. The company has brought this offer for a limited time.

    Rs 199 plan

    Apart from this, BSNL has also launched a cheap plan of 199 rupees, in which daily 2GB high speed data is available with 30 days validity. 250 minutes and 100 free SMS are also being given for local calling.