Trai bars 124,000 mobile connections in spam crackdown during July-Sep

Regulator TRAI took enforcement action against more than 1.24 lakh telecom resources and blacklisted 374 entities for one year for violating unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) norms during July-September, as it stepped up efforts to curb spam calls and messages. A total of 1,10,325 telecom resources, including mobile numbers, were barred from outgoing services for 15 days for the first violation, while 13,777 were disconnected for one year for repeat violations, according to TRAI's quarterly report for the second quarter of 2026-27. The regulator also blocked 3,725 SMS headers and blacklisted 374 senders for one year, during which they cannot obtain fresh telecom resources. TRAI received 15.29 lakh complaints of unsolicited commercial communications during the quarter, of which 7.23 lakh were classified as actionable. The complaints were registered against a backdrop of 714.01 billion calls and 702.28 billion SMSes originating from telecom networks across the country. The .