TRAI has been acting to ward off sms providers from sending pesky clals and with new regulation of only 100 sms per day, a new amendment has been issued whereby certain regulators have been given permission to send updates. The gist of the order from TRAI is as appended below and whole order is attached as screen shots.
TRAI has directed all Access Providers to exclude the following persons from the limit of one hundred SMS per day per SIM:-
(i) Dealers of the Telecom Service Providers and DTH Operators for sending request for electronic recharge on mobile numbers;
(ii) e-ticketing agencies for responding to e-ticketing request made by its customers;
(iii) The social networking sites – Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, LinkedIn and GooglePlus to its members pertaining to activities relating to their accounts based on their verifiable options;
(iv) Agencies providing directory services – Justdial, Zatse, Callezee, Getit and Askme.