The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued suggestions on learn how to outline worldwide telecommunication site visitors following a request from the Division of Telecommunications (DoT).

In 2021, TRAI obtained requests from two entities relating to home or worldwide classification of SMS site visitors. Following these requests, TRAI requested the DoT to make clear the character of those messages.

The DoT then requested TRAI to supply suggestions on the definitions of worldwide and home SMS, as there was no clear definition within the licensing agreements.

Worldwide SM because of the completely different remedy of home and worldwide site visitors within the present licensing framework, the completely different strategies utilized by enterprises to ship data to their clients, and the interconnection of PLMN with the Web at completely different ranges. S and home SMS should be clarified.

Key Suggestions:

• Worldwide Site visitors: Site visitors originates in a single nation and ends in one other, the place one nation is India.
• Worldwide SMS Message: Worldwide Site visitors Supply by way of SMS. This contains any incoming application-to-person (A2P) SMS that requires using know-how situated outdoors India.
• Home Site visitors: Site visitors originating and terminating inside India.
• Home SMS: Home site visitors supply by way of SMS.

These definitions are proposed to be included within the related telecommunication service licenses and permits.