TRAI Directs Telecom Corporations to Deploy AI-Primarily based System to Detect, Crack Down on Senders of Pesky Texts

Telecom regulator TRAI has directed all telcos to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning primarily based methods to detect, determine, and act in opposition to senders of economic communication who aren’t registered in accordance with laws.

All the entry suppliers have been requested to adjust to the instructions and report an up to date standing on actions taken, inside 30 days.

In a press release on the problem of course for deploying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-based UCC (Unsolicited Commercial Communication) Detect system, TRAI defined that the entities who don’t get registered with the entry suppliers, and use ten digits cellular numbers for sending business communications via messages or calls are referred to as Unregistered Telemarketers (UTMs).

While a slew of measures taken by TRAI to curb pesky messages, has led to a drop in complaints in opposition to Registered Telemarketers (RTMs), “UCC from Unregistered Telemarketers (UTMs) is still continuing.” The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) termed pesky calls and messages as a serious supply of inconvenience to the general public.

“At times these Unregistered Telemarketers (UTMs) through messages having fraudulent links and telephone numbers trap the customers into sharing of their critical information causing financial loss to the customers,” TRAI mentioned.

To detect, determine and act in opposition to all such unregistered telemarketers, TRAI has been nudging Access Service Providers to implement the `UCC_Detect System’ with requisite functionalities inside the framework of TRAI’s Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018.

Access Service suppliers have applied such detect methods as per their suitability and feasibility.

However, “the UTMs are continuously evolving new techniques to send unsolicited communications and the current UCC detect systems deployed by the Access Service providers are not fully capable to detect such UCC,” TRAI mentioned.

In order to have uniformity of UCC Detect System implementations, TRAI has directed all entry suppliers to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning primarily based UCC_Detect methods able to continuously evolving to take care of new signatures, new patterns, and new methods utilized by Unregistered Telemarketers.

Access suppliers have additionally been directed to share intelligence with different Access Providers utilizing Distributed ledger know-how or DLT platform.

“Access Providers have further been directed to ensure that such UCC_Detect System shall detect senders who are sending Unsolicited Commercial Communications in bulk and not complying with the provisions of the regulations,” the regulator mentioned.