Got a unsolicited Call or SMS even after registering with NDNC? Register a complaint

You got yourself registered with your preference in NCPR, got the confirmation as well, but still got a call or a SMS; you can register the complaint for the same.

If you receive any unsolicited call or SMS even after seven days of registering of your telephone number in the NCPR, you may register a complaint. The procedure for the same is as follows:

How to change your Registered Preference [NDNC]

After registering your preference, you may feel the need to change your registered preferences for not receiving commercial communications or for receiving selected commercial SMSes. But this can happen only after expiry of three months from the date of registration or three months from the date of last change of request.

You can change your registered preference simply by either dialing 1909 or sending a SMS to 1909
 
By dialing 1909
By dialing 1909, you have option of either talking to Customer Care Executive or you can change your preference through IVRS system .In case you opt for Customer Care Executive, ask for the change in your registered. Block the categories you want to block or Add the new categories that you wish to have. Same way by IVRS system, opt for changing your registered preference by simply following the instructions. The customer care executive & the IVRS system will confirm your preference(s) and register the same in the Provider Customer Preference Register. You will get an SMS confirming the preferences exercised by you along with unique registration number.

By Sending SMS to 1909
You can also change your preference i.e. stop your earlier options or add new options to the already exercised preference by sending an SMS on 1909 in a specified format.

For stopping the existing options, send the SMS “STOP ”

For adding a new option to the already existing preferences, send SMS
“START ” which you want to add.
For example,
A subscriber with an existing option of 2 (Real Estate) and 3 (Education) who wants to opt out of 2 and add 4 (Health) will send an SMS as under:
“STOP 2” for opting out from SMS relating to Real Estate and
“START 4” for opting to receive SMS relating to Health

In case you now want to fully block all communication just send SMS “START 0”.

After this, you will get the confirmation SMS for the same. To confirm this, you need to send Y or N, to complete the procedure. After confirmation from you, the mobile operator sends SMS indicating you preferences along with your unique registration number.

How to STOP pesky calls and SMSes

TRAI in order to stop pesky telemarketers more efficiently and to empower consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes had launched Mobile and Landline Consumer’s Preference Registration process few days back.

With this facility mobile phone or landline phone users will be able to block all or certain categories in which user does not want any commercial or telemarketing calls. TRAI also mentioned that, ‘no commercial communication, even for unregistered customers, shall be sent between 9.00 PM to 9.00 AM, so as not to disturb the customers at night’. TRAI also made mandatory for telemarketing companies to send a unique SMS header for easy identification of promotional or commercials text messages (SMS).

Now there are two types of categories, ‘partially blocked’ and ‘fully blocked’ category.  ‘Fully Blocked’ category is one in which the user will not receive any call or SMS from any telemarketer. ‘Partially blocked’ category is in which the user will not receive any telemarketing call but will receive SMSes in the category/categories chosen by him. There are seven categories from which the susbscribers can choose from

1.Banking/Insurance/Financial products/credit cards
2.Real Estate
3.Education
4.Health
5.Consumer goods and automobiles
6.Communication/Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT
7.Tourism and Leisure

Here are the steps to block telemarketing calls.

By dialing 1909
If you dial 1909, the call goes to the yours telecom service provider and you can register your preference through the customer care executive or Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) depending upon telecom operator setup. After connecting, ask the customer care executive for registration of your preference i.e. block all or block selected (Partially Blocked Category) which is mentioned above. In case, the service provider has IVRS system in place, just follow the simple instructions.
The customer care executive & the IVRS system will confirm your preference(s) and register the same in the Provider Customer Preference Register. You will get an SMS confirming the preferences exercised by you along with unique registration number.

By Sending SMS to 1909
You can also register your preference by simply sending a SMS to 1909. In case you want to opt for fully blocked category, send SMS “START 0” to 1909. But if you want to opt for the partially blocked category, send SMS “Start ” to 1909 as given below:

“START 1” for receiving SMS relating to Banking/ Insurance /Financial products/Credit cards
“START 2” for receiving SMS relating to Real Estate
“START 3” for receiving SMS relating to Education
“START 4” for receiving SMS relating to Health
“START 5” for receiving SMS relating to Consumer goods and automobiles
“START 6” for receiving SMS relating to Communication /Broadcasting / Entertainment /IT,
“START 7” for receiving SMS relating to Tourism and Leisure
To opt for multiple preferences from categories send SMS “Start ” to 1909.
For example for receiving commercial SMSes from Banking/Insurance/Financial products/Credit cards and Real Estate, send SMS in the format “START 1, 2”.

After this, you will get the confirmation SMS whether to block all or block a certain category. To confirm this, you need to send Y or N, to complete the procedure.

After confirmation from you, the mobile operator sends SMS indicating you preferences along with your unique registration number.

Here is how it works :

Receive Free Cricket World Cup 2011 SMS Alerts

For all you Cricket Crazy people, we have come up with a list of services, using which you can receive Free Cricket SMS Alerts. Cricket World Cup 2011, will commence on 19th February and I am sure you don't want to miss it. You can use any of the services you like to receive Cricket SMS Alerts for free.

Alertrix - To subscribe, you need to send a SMS - CRI to 56070. You will be charged one time cost of sending a premium SMS on 56070 which may vary from Rs. 1 to 3, depending on your mobile operator, after subscription all the incoming crickets score alerts will be free of cost. You can also sign up for these alerts by visiting Alertrix.com. Apart from cricket Alertrix provide lots of other free sms alerts also.

zestu - To receive Cricket Scores on SMS, you need to register with zestu by visiting zestu.com. Just like Alertrix zestu also provide a variety of Free SMS Alerts other than cricket. Once you sign up, login to your zestu account and choose Cricket Alerts to receive free Cricket updates on your mobile.

SMSGYAN -  To subscribe, you need to send a SMS - Worldcup to 56161. You will be charged one time cost of sending a premium SMS on 56161 which may vary from Rs. 1 to 3, depending on your mobile operator, after subscription all the incoming crickets score alerts will be free of cost.

SMSGUPSHUP - Many sms group owners on smsgupshup are also providing cricket news, match schedules, scores and results. So visit smsgupshup.com - search for some cricket groups and join the ones you like. To join any group at smsgupshup.com SMS - JOIN "Groupname" to 567678 You can also join groups by visiting smsgupshup.com or m.smsgupshup.com

Google SMS - Using Just like smsgupshup many sms group owners on Google SMS are providing the same. One such group is CRICLIVE. To subscribe to it SMS - ON CRICLIVE to 09870-80-7070. You can also for cricket related sms groups and subscribe to the ones you like. Apart for subscription to various groups you can also receive 'On-Demand'- SMS Alerts from Google. Just SMS - CRI to 9-77-33-00000

txtWeb - Similar to Group SMS websites. You can get World Cup alerts from txtWeb by sending a SMS - @CRICBUZZ to 92433-42000

ZipDial - This service is a bit different from the services I shared above. To get Free Cricket SMS from this service you need to send any SMS. All you need to do is just send a miss call to 08030050055 and you will get the cricket alert. You will not be bombarded with unwanted SMSes this service sends you SMS only when you send a miss call to 08030050055.

PS : These services are available only in India

Tips for International Travellers to save money on International roaming

These days when dependency on mobile phones is very high because it keeps you connected to the whole world, International roaming enables subscribers to stay in touch with their friends and family even when they are travelling abroad.

Here are some tips for International travellers to stay connected with friends and family while travelling abroad.

• Turn on your mobile phone when you arrive in a new destination. This is free.
• Receiving of SMS is free.
• Remember to add “+91” in front of the number when you call your friends and family in India. The easiest way is to add this in front of the numbers in your mobile phone address book.
• Calling to a local number in the visited country will work with and without the country code.
• It is often 50% cheaper to receive a call than to make a call home to India.
• Many applications in your smart phones automatically access data services. These include emails, twitter, maps and others. Make sure you turn automatic data download off, if you don’t need it, while travelling abroad.
• Turn on your mobile phone when you are back in India to register in your home operator’s network.
• Remember that you pay for receiving calls so don’t expect this to be free as it is in India.
• Remember that calling international Free Toll Numbers has a local charge which you will be paying for.
• Data packages do not include data services abroad. This will be charged separately and it is advised to be careful when using data services as consumption in MB is difficult to measure.
• Don’t forget mobile charger device and possibly an adapter.

Thanks Uninor for sharing these tips.

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How to use Tata DOCOMO's Push 4 All Mail?

Tata DOCOMO’S Push 4 All Mail service allows its users to receive email text in the form SMS. Besides receiving, users can also reply, forward, compose, delete emails through simple SMS commands. Users with WAP enabled mobile handsets can access mails in WAP interface which also allows viewing of attachments. Apart from these services, users can also filter unwanted notifications. Through this emails  can be received from Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, Indiatimes etc.

Type Sub <email id> <password, in the create message, and send it to 52206. For, eg: type Sub anurima@gmail.com red and then send it 52206.

Once you send this message, you will a receive a notification that you have successfully subscribed for Push for All Mail.

You will now receive emails on your mobile phones. You have to follow a few SMS commands in order to carry out the other transactions.

Here are a few commands,

1. To reply: Type Reply <message> and then send it.

2. To forward: Type Forward <email id>,  <email id> <message> and then send it.

3. To compose: Type <email id> <message> and send it to 52206.

Other Instructions that you may find useful:
1. It isn't really necessary to type the '<' and '>' while typing the messages. Be careful when you type the commands as they are case-sensitive.
2. To get the list of commands type "LIST" and send it to 52206.
3. For any assistance regarding the commands type "HELP” and send it to 52206.
4. If at all you want to unsubscribe for the service then type UNSUBSCRIBE and send it to 52206.

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Suffering from slow internet speed? Here are few Tips for you

Suffering from slow internet speed. This article will show how you can get reliable and speedy internet connection. Please not that it will help you in case you are receiving lower speeds then what you should be receiving. For eg : if on your 2Mbps connection if you are getting just 100 kbps download speed then the tips mentioned below will help you to get the proper speed i.e around 200-250 kbps. 

Here are the TIPS for Reliable and Speedy Internet Connection: