New Restriction On Number Of Daily SMSs

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 19 September 2011, 21:21 IST
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New Restriction On Number Of Daily SMSs
Bangalore: The Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) has decided to restrict SMS Usage to 100 messages per day from September 27. The TRAI's Per Day per Sim rule has asked telecom service providers to remove SMS service packs allowing customers to send more than 100 SMSes every day. Speaking to Hindustan Times, Rajan S Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said, "We have written to TRAI against this many times. We feel it infringes on the right of speech of consumers. It will give them a tough time, especially during festive occasions such as Diwali, when people send out several hundred wishes in a day." Some of the customers feel the restriction doesn't augur well for many reasons. "As long as we pay for the SMS, it should not be a problem with anyone how many we send. Aren't we a democratic country?" says Manoj Arora, 25. "It is our right to choose whether to send 10 messages or 100. Texting is so much cheaper and we can even do so while we are in class," says Akshit Tuteja, 21. 23-year-old Shalini Seth feels, "Bulk SMSes played a key role in campaigns such Anna Hazare's protest. Besides, what if I cross my 100 mark one day and need to send an urgent message? What happens then?" There are also many in favour of the limit. "If this blocks the hundreds of promotional SMS we get in a day, it's a great idea" says Swati Bhalla, 25. "It's the age of smart phones and most of us use Whatsapp and BBM anyway, so what's the big deal?" says Ritika Sareen, 21.

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