The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has made a few rules that is going to effect the SMS texters in India. Announced in Times of India, from september 27th onwards, users will not be able to send more than hundred messages per day. Even if users are subscribed to special SMS packages which gives loads of free messages, the package will not be valid after September 27th and users will have to pay for it. This rule also reduces those hundreds of messages that you get from Telemarketers.
Popular websites like way2sms, 160by2 are going to be affected too with the new rules.
- You will not be able to use these services between 9PM to 9AM.
- You will not be able to send messages to people who are subscribed to DO NOT DISTURB Registry.
- You will not be allowed to send messages with your mobile number as sender.
Seems to be a total spoiler to lot of telemarketers and extensive SMS users. People will probably end up calling their friends rather sending messages.
What is your feedback on this?
