Report No. 276

12. Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010

5.26 The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010 have been issued by The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, with the objective of prohibiting "Unsolicited Commercial Communications". These regulations have been framed in response to various complaints made against spam calls and SMSs. Therefore, any sort of unsolicited commercial communication pertaining to gambling or betting will attract the prohibition contained in these Regulations.