TRAI seeks to control Truecaller over 'spam' label on numbers, CEO pushes back

As TRAI reportedly wants to regulate caller ID apps and restrict 'spam' and 'frequently blocked' labels on 140-series (promotional) and 1600-series (service/transactional) numbers, Truecaller CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala said this will fuel spam calls in India. Users block four lakh 140-series and 1.25 lakh 1600-series calls daily, he said. Over 51 million such calls go unanswered every day, he added.