Ashesh Saini | Blog

Telemarketing in India is on all time peak. Everyday more than 50 lacks of people get calls from various creditcard, banks, insurance or telecom companies even if they don’t need any of these services. Due to this high volume of unwanted calls, people only get disturb and annoyed. TRAI ( Telecom Regulatory of India ) and reserve bank of india has taken steps to put tab on these calls. Every bank or telecom operator now must have to maintain a Do Not Disturb ( DND )/ Do Not Call list (DNC), where people can register and any registered person will be put out of the telemarketing call lists. It takes around a month to get activate this list. So, man if you are frustrated of these calls then below is the list of do not disturb web pages of individual companies. Go there and register and Enjoy a peaceful life.

Calls from certain numbers can also be blocked, as these may be harassing sometimes. These are not telemarketing calls, but calls made by people who know the user. GSM service provider Vodafone Essar became the first in introducing a call filtering service for its users.

DoT authorised the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to set up a “National Do Not Call” (NDNC) registry. A German fixed and mobile solutions-provider was identified by the NIC to provide a solution that would comply with the TRAI recommendations. It is a centralized, server-based solution, which integrates into the operator’s existing infrastructure footprint, automatically blocking the telemarketer’s call to a registered number.

Do not Call Registry of Life and General Insurance Companies
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Birla Sun Life Insurance
Cholamandalam Insurance
HDFC Chubb General Insurance
HDFC Standard Life Insurance
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
ICICI Lombard Insurance
ING Vysya Life Insurance
Kotak Old Mutual Life Insurance
Max New York Life Insurance
MetLife Insurance India
Tata AIG Life Insurance
Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance

Trai, in October 2007, had set up the National Do Not Call registry, under which users can register if they do not want to receive any telemarketing call or message. Despite registration, some users are still receiving such calls. Till date, 7.5 million phone users have registered and 12,183 telemarketers have got themselves registered. Here is the link for NDNC registry.
http://ndncregistry.gov.in/ndncregistry/index.jsp

Happy Living!!

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