Trai pings OTT cos to form joint front against phishing, spams

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is broadening its efforts to stop spam calls, messages and phishing by seeking cooperation from communication apps such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Google and Instagram.

According to officials aware of the details, the telecom regulator will soon call the app makers for a meeting during which it will discuss how these over-the-top (OTT) communication players can fit into the mechanism mandated by it to control spam and phishing.