DoT suspends operations of two telemarketers for fraudulent messaging

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has suspended the operations of two telemarketing firms, V-con Intelligent Security and OneXtel Media.

These companies were found responsible for sending 55.5 million fraudulent SMS messages to telephone users since January 2024.

In response to numerous complaints from telecom users on the Chakshu portal regarding malicious SMS messages, DoT has blacklisted 131 principal entities (PEs), 5,000 SMS content templates, and 700 SMS headers.