TRAI Raises SMS Limit To 200 SMS Per Day Per SIM

[Sushubh]

BBM is restricted to BB devices. Whatsapp and other apps are multi-platform.

 

[Rock21]

People are so familiar to BBM , what's app and other internet based messaging that sms would hardly be used by anyone.

Still good that limit is removed. Will be usefull incase required.

Most of the Android/iPhone users use Whatsapp.

 

[IndianMascot]

Most of the Android/iPhone users use Whatsapp.

Yes. I know that. That's why I named both the apps.

I use Bbm for my blackberry friends and What'app for non blackberry friends.

 

[amar]

The Supreme Court today stayed telecom tribunal TDSAT's order, which had quashed the sector regulator TRAI's circular limiting the number of SMSes to 200 per day per SIM.

Supreme Court stays TDSAT's order that removed cap on number of SMSes - The Economic Times

 

[amish]

LOL so what is the situation now?cap is there or not?It does not make me any difference though. Just curious to know.

 

[Hardik7]

It does not make me any difference though. Just curious to know.

Agreed. Who uses SMS anyway? Most of my friends have transitioned to WhatsApp & remaining ones who hasn't never text anyways so it's really doesn't matter.

 

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[Sushubh]

TRAI's Appeal Against TDSAT Quashing Daily Cap Of 200 SMS : Supreme Court Seeks Filing Of Relevant Regulations

Recently, the Supreme Court (on November 22), directed the filing of relevant regulations in an appeal against telecom appellate tribunal’s 2012 decision quashing the cap of 200 text messages per...

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Trai claims right to privacy is reason to keep limit on sms. I mean the same limit should then apply to all other messaging apps

 

[CHOPSHOT]

I agree with TRAI's reasoning regarding right to privacy against unsolicited commercial communications trumping Freedom of speech in this particular case because under no logical reason would an average Indian ever need to be sending 200 SMS daily. Now before anyone comes up with niche scenarios, Laws and regulations are mostly made with masses in mind just like businesses have a different set of laws, some vehicles are legally allowed to over speed and jump red lights (emergency responders).

Ideally yes there should be a limit on other messaging apps too but the context here is that the OTT communication services don't yet come under TRAI's control (If i'm not wrong) so it can't make rules to govern them yet. Once they do start to govern OTT communication services i think it would be in general population's best interest to have an upper limit (excluding groups) based on no. of unique recipients they are chatting with (Like you chatting with your friend on WhatsApp and sending like 100 messages and pics should just count as 1 out of 200) but since anyone hardly chats over SMS these days so a total limit of 200 SMS is fine.