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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India notified the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2026 on 18 September, introducing a termination charge of up to five paise per minute on application to person, or A2P, calls. The charge is paid by the originating access provider to the terminating access provider, with the exact rate left to commercial negotiation between operators, to discourage bulk automated and spam calling. An A2P call is defined as a voice call initiated by an application, software system or automated platform without direct human dialling, covering autodialing, robocalls and pre recorded or artificial voice calls. Entities using A2P calling must now pre declare such use to their telecom provider and disclose the customer line identifiers involved, though calls made through designated regulated commercial communication number series remain exempt.