[2018-06-02]TRAI will Apply Blockchain Technology to Control Messages & Spam Cal

[Vladdirescu87]

TRAI will Apply Blockchain Technology to Control Messages & Spam Calls

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) earlier this week put forth a draft Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation 2018 to restrain telemarketing spam through SMS messages and phone calls using blockchain technology. The draft regulation will always be open for comment up to 11 June 2018.

Read the details in the article of Coinidol dot com, the world blockchain news outlet: https://coinidol.com/trai-will-apply-blockchain-technology/

[jjacob]

This is hype and nothing else. A simple system of maintaining a database of telecallers and stringent punishment for those who violate the privacy of individuals would work. The TRAI has not been able to manage this. What is the point of having a blockchain, if you are unable / unwilling to take action on the basis of that?