The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has not yet finalised the new numbering series for telemarketers, while the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) intends to adhere to the March 01, 2011 deadline for the same, according to news reports.
It is believed that DoT will not be able to develop a uniform series for landline connections for telemarketing companies by March 01. News reports say DoT has pinned this on unclear communication from TRAI, apart from pending security, billing and technical issues.
TRAI has asked operators to withdraw all existing telecom resources (including mobiles and landlines) of telemarketers by February 28, and issue connections to them based on new numbering plan.
DoT has allocated ‘140’ as prefix to telemarketers for mobile phone connections, but has not finalised the new numbering plan for landlines.
