Truecaller Spam Calls

Truecaller said that the new version of the iOS app leverages Apple's Live Caller ID Lookup framework to provide live caller ID without compromising on the user's privacy

The Income-Tax Department Thursday carried out searches at offices of global caller ID platform Truecaller on charges of tax evasion, official sources said. The Stockholm-headquartered company said it was cooperating with the investigators. Tax officials said the searches were aimed to gather detailed information and check documents in connection with certain charges of tax evasion including those pertaining to transfer pricing (TP) issues. According to the company's website, Truecaller has offices in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Gurugram in India. The company said in a public statement that "On Thursday 7 November 2024, Truecaller's India offices were visited by Indian Tax officials." "Truecaller are currently assisting the authorities to the full extent at our offices. This came without prior notice and Truecaller are currently awaiting official confirmation and communication from the tax departments," it said. This is not an uncommon practice and Truecaller will cooperate fully with

The Auto-Block Spam feature is now accessible to iPhone users on iOS 18, exclusively for Truecaller Premium subscribers using the latest version 13.12 from the Apple Store

DoT is also preparing terms of reference for allocation of satellite spectrum

AI Call Scanner is built into the Truecaller Android app, is part of the premium subscription and being rolled out in the US first, followed by India and other markets, said the company in press note

With the help of Microsoft Azure AI Speech Personal Voice, users can record digital versions of their own voice within the Truecaller application and use them to answer calls

Moreover, 90% of respondents admitted that they get spam calls despite being registered on DND list. This clearly indicates that the DND list is still not working for the consumers.

It appears that there will be no upper limit on how many times a message can be edited. However, the option to edit a message may not be available after 15 minutes of a message being sent

Truecaller's Chief Executive told Reuters that the caller identification service is in the beta phase, and will be available for the users by the end of May.

For Truecaller, India is its biggest market with 250 million users. It has 350 million users globally and earns its revenue from advertising, and subscription services

Users receive both audio and video calls from these phone numbers which mostly carry country codes belonging to Ethiopia, Morocco, and Swaziland, among others

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, BSNL, and Vodafone Idea have already agreed to implement this new system in compliance with the latest rules

The company opened a facility in Bengaluru, which is its largest office in the world outside of its headquarters in Sweden

Subscribers receiving unwanted calls from personal phone numbers that promote brands, says survey

Swedish caller identification app Truecaller announced that it has revamped its app for iOS users to offer better protection against spam and scam

Considering the number of reports on spam calls in India, a voice assistant to filter them will be a huge step

Average number of monthly active users rose by 15% to 321.4 million worldwide

Tanla and Truecaller are confident that this partnership marks the beginning of a newS era of digital engagement which will bring brands and users closer

About 8 out of 10 women in India receive sexual harassment or inappropriate calls and SMSes regularly, according to the new report by Truecaller