# TRAI Blocks 1.83 Lakh Telecom Resources In Spam Crackdown 2026-08-07T02:41:00+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet TRAI acted against 1.83 lakh telecom resources and blacklisted 263 senders in the April-June 2026 quarter, according to Times Now. The regulator received 1.085 million complaints about unsolicited commercial communications, of which 0.553 million were found actionable after verification. It suspended 1,37,053 resources for 15 days after first violations, while repeat offenders faced one-year disconnections. TRAI also blocked 2,873 SMS headers. Telecom networks carried 730.82 billion calls and 691.09 billion SMS messages during the quarter. AI systems flagged 22.99 billion incoming calls and 1.44 billion incoming SMS messages as suspected spam. The TRAI DND App generated 89 per cent of complaints received by operators, but over 1.12 billion subscribers have not registered DND preferences. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Tags: consumer protection, DND, spam calls, telecom, TRAI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/trai-blocks-1-83-lakh-telecom-resources-in-spam-crackdown/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/trai-blocks-1-83-lakh-telecom-resources-in-spam-crackdown/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.