Telecom operators flagged 24.4 billion calls and messages as suspected spam during April-June, as India's fight against unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) intensified, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
AI-based systems deployed by telecom operators identified 22.9 billion incoming calls and 1.4 billion SMSes as suspected spam during the quarter, equivalent to around 266 million communications a day. About 3.2% of all incoming calls were identified as suspected spam.
