In a very insane move by the Indian
Government, a limit of 5 sms per day has been imposed on GSM and CDMA mobile
users of India. From August 18, 2012, mobile users can send only 5 sms per day
to the maximum after which the messages don’t get delivered with a prompt
indication from the mobile operator.
The move was made by TRAI (Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India) to curb the spread of rumors which was meant to
spread fear and to vacate North Eastern Indian’s from certain states. Home
Ministry said that the rumors led to the flee of North East Indian’s from
states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra and hence the move was
necessary. The rumor SMSs contained misleading information related to Assam
Violence
The restriction does not apply on
the transaction SMS related to Banking, Financial Institutions and Railway
alerts.
Moreover, one cannot send more than
20 KB of data, not more than 5 MMS per day as well. According to some reports,
the rule has not yet been implemented by Airtel, in some parts of the country.
When the 6th message was tried from
Aircel, the following message was sent by the operator.
“Due to Govt. directives, More than
5 SMS per day are blocked. Please retry tomorrow. Anticipate your
co-operation.”
Other operators will come up with a
similar message ” Hi! You have sent 5 SMS today. As per Govt. guidelines, you
can’t send more than 5 SMS today. Your SMS services will be resumed post
Midnight.”
No inputs about what the existing
users will do about their SMS Booster Packs which allows them to send 100 or
200 SMS per day depending on the pack. The money won’t be refunded and the
validity of the pack can’t be extended either!
It’s a very disappointing news for
Indian Youngsters! There seems to be no point in curbing the SMS limit to 5 per
when already there has been a limit of 200 per day.
There are plenty of Alternatives
available. If you are an Android or iPhone User, you can install WhatsApp,
Viber Apps for free unlimited texting over the Internet, provided the receiving
user also has that App installed on their mobile with proper access to the
Internet.
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