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Income-Tax dept searches Truecaller India offices in tax evasion case

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

Truecaller introduces 'Auto-Block Spam': What is it, how it works, and more

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's 100-day agenda intact: Crackdown on rising spam calls, text messages

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

Truecaller introduces AI Call Scanner feature on Android app: How it works

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

Truecaller and Microsoft to let users replicate own voice to answer calls

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

60% still get 3 spam calls daily; individuals selling realty top offenders

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.

WhatsApp tests 'edit button' for sent messages in beta: Here's how it works

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

Tired of WhatsApp spam calls? Here's some good news

Truecaller coming soon to WhatsApp to combat spam calls, full details below

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.

WhatsApp to partner with Truecaller to end the menace of spam calls

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

Receiving dubious calls, messages on WhatsApp? Here's what you should know

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

Trai wants telcos to use AI-based spam filters for pesky calls, messages

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

Scam-call blocker Truecaller opens first India office in Bengaluru

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

DND ineffective as users receive calls from personal numbers: Survey

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

Truecaller revamps its iOS app for better protection against spam, scam

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

How Truecaller is using AI assistant to help you attend, or drop calls

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

Truecaller's India users up 14% at 236 mn in Q2CY22, country sales up 130%

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

Truecaller partners with Tanla to improve efficiency for business messaging

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

Truecaller spots 145.4 bn calls; India still in top 10 most spammed list

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

Meet the man whose Truecaller app identified 30 billion spam calls in India

Nami Zarringhalam is co-founder of Truecaller, one of the world's top caller-ID and spam blocking firms. He says the company plans to go public by 2022 and India would play a key role there