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Truecaller fights India's telecom regulator over anti-spam rules

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch ·

Truecaller is clashing with India's telecom regulator over anti-spam rules that require caller ID apps to label business calls. The company says users are increasingly ignoring and blocking calls from India's dedicated business number series. The dispute highlights tensions between spam prevention and legitimate business communication.

Meridian48 take
Truecaller's complaint may be self-serving, but it raises a real tension between anti-spam rules and the utility of caller ID services.
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