Centre Launches New Mobile Number Series For Service, Transactional Calls.

Science and Technology

The Centre on Thursday introduced a new numbering series, 160xxxxxxx, for making service or transactional calls, to help citizens easily identify legitimate calls and curb unsolicited voice calls from telemarketers using 10-digit mobile numbers. Currently, 140xxxxxxx series has been allocated to telemarketers for making promotional/service/transactional voice calls.


      The move is aimed at helping citizens easily identify legitimate calls and curb unsolicited voice calls from telemarketers using 10-digit mobile numbers.

      The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said in a statement that since the 140xx series is being used extensively for promotional calls, "consumers normally do not respond to such calls, and many important service/transactional calls are missed".

     

 

     


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