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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

TRAI extends SMS limit to 200 per day

New Delhi: Consumers will now be able to send up to 200 SMSes per day from a SIM, as against the earlier limit of just 100 SMSes per day imposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

"The authority has received representations from some of the service providers and consumers to increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM.

The authority has considered these representations and decided to increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM to 200 SMSes per day per SIM," TRAI said in a statement on Tuesday.

To deter unsolicited SMSes by telemarketing companies, TRAI had earlier restricted the number of non-commercial SMSes that can be send from a SIM to 100.

There was no restriction on commercial messages sent through telemarketing companies registered with TRAI.

The new cap of 200 SMSes per SIM per day will be effective from Tuesday.

Tags: 200 SMSes a day, SMS limit, TRAI

Nalgonda buzzing with VIPs on eve of Komatireddy fast

Nalgonda: The town was buzzing with hectic activity as several senior Congress leaders started arriving here to be present at the indefinite hunger strike by Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Tuesday.
Former MLA Lingaiah inspected the venue of the fast at Clock Tower.

Later, addressing the media, he said that Komatireddy Venkat Reddy “was a jewel in the crown and the last hope for Telangana”. He demanded that the Telangana bill should be introduced in parliament without further delay.

Former municipal chairman P Venkatnarayana Goud, a close follower of the fasting leader, who was busy supervising the arrangements for the fast, told The Hans India, “Telangana should be freed from the capitalists of Seemandhra and that power is not all important for the Telangana leaders.”

He urged all the Telangana leaders to relinquish their posts from the government and participate in the T movement. Meanwhile, the district police have made elaborate arrangements to keep the situation under control.