Trai wants network operators to implement calling name display service
unsolicited calls, the telecom regulator has recommended that all network operators should implement the calling name display service on mobile phones and further that, all smartphone makers should be mandated to enable this feature within a stipulated time.
In its recommendations issued Friday on calling name presentation (CNAP) service, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said, “the government should issue appropriate instructions for making CNAP feature in all devices sold in India, after a suitable cut off date, say after six months from the date of notification.”
The pan-India implementation of CNAP shall precede with trials in one license service area where all operators must participate.
The feature will originally be enabled by the terminating access provider who received the call by making a query to the central subscriber database of provider from where the call originated.
The regulator had started consultation on the subject back in 2022, seeking suggestions on potential model on how the service can be implemented.
Telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had also previously said that a person receiving a call should know who is making it.
And that includes all kinds of calls, be it a normal voice call, WhatsApp call, Facetime or any other OTT call.
Subsequently, then Trai chairman P D Vaghela had said at India Mobile Congress 2022 that the regulator would unveil a discussion paper on compulsory caller ID on phones.
Trai, however, did not touch upon the subject of OTT players
