Technical News Office – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to implement its new traceability guidelines from December 1, 2024. The aim of these guidelines is to prevent spam and fraudulent messages and increase consumer security, but some people consider that this causes delays in important messages like OTP (One-Time Password).
What are TRAI’s traceability guidelines?
According to these guidelines, all telecom operators and messaging service providers will have to verify the origin and authenticity of each message. All these measures are taken under the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) system, which was introduced to prevent spam and increase message traceability. Under this, businesses need to register their sender ID (header) and message template with the telecom operator. If a message does not match the saved template or header, it may be blocked or reported.
What does TRAI say?
TRAI recently said in an article that the new guidelines will not cause any delay in OTP messages. Some media outlets claimed that OTP delivery might be delayed due to the new rules, but TRAI denied this. He said: “This information is completely false. We will ensure that there is no delay in tracing the messages.”
What impact will these guidelines have on the provision of OTP?
OTP messages are very important for digital transactions, authentication and secure login. Under the new rules, service providers will have to ensure that OTP messages conform to the registered template and headers. This may cause some delay.
Transition Period: Businesses transitioning to DLT systems may take some time to process their messages.
Verification Process: Now every OTP will have to go through a verification process, which may cause a slight delay in delivery during peak hours.
How can you avoid this?
Keep your contact information up to date: Make sure your mobile number is correctly associated with all services.
Use app-based authentication: Where possible, have an app-based authentication backup option for OTP.
Be patient: there may be some delay at first, but the situation will improve as businesses and telecom operators adapt to the new system.
messaging will be secure
While there may be some initial hiccups, these TRAI guidelines are an important step towards creating a more secure messaging system for consumers. This system will help prevent spam and fraudulent messages. There may be a slight delay in OTP as businesses and telecom operators comply with the new rules, but the security it provides will be quite beneficial in the long run.
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