TRAI’s JCoR Meeting Tackles Telecom Spam, Fraud, and Cross-Sector Collaboration

New Delhi [India], April 25: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) hosted a major joint meeting of the Joint Committee of Regulators (JCoR) to address major regulatory issues in the digital world, including unsolicited commercial communication (UCC), spam, and spoofed calls. The meeting witnessed the participation of members from various industries like banking, insurance, IT, and telecommunication to address the issues that cross-sectoral collaboration can solve.

The committee, which was initially formed by TRAI, is a forum for regulators from telecom, IT, finance, and consumer affairs ministries to come together to discuss concerns related to digital communication. At the meeting, TRAI Chairman Shri Anil Kumar Lahoti emphasized the importance of fighting spam and fraud, more so among sensitive groups like senior citizens. One of the priority agenda items was tackling the misuse of communication platforms by spammers and fraudsters.