Centre considering disincentive architecture to tackle call drop issue

Stating that telecom operators need to ensure that call drops are "minimised", the Minister said telcos need to strengthen their system.
  
"Call drops need to be minimised. They (private operators) need to reinforce their mechanism. I have directed officials in the department to work on a disincentive architecture (for the operators)," Prasad said during a press conference on completion of one year of NDA government.
  
The Minister added that in his role, he is responsible for ensuring that consumer interest is kept in mind.
  
Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg has asked the member (technology) in Department of Telecom (DoT) to work on the matter and if required, it will be sent to sectoral regulator TRAI for its suggestions.
  
A final call could be taken in six months. Explaining further, Garg cited the example of a telecom operator which is offering free calls in lieu of call drops.

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DoT receives request to block We Phone app over call spoofing

"A reference from an intelligence agency was received by the DoT to block the 'We Phone App', which facilitates its subscriber to spoof the Calling Line Identification (CLI) through VoIP platform," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
   
Call spoofing hides identity of the caller when placing calls. Caller ID spoofing is also used for making prank calls.
   
Any call initiated from 'We Phone App' is routed through its server located abroad and therefore is difficult to identify/locate the actual calling number/user, said the Minister.
   
"After carrying out preliminary technical examination, it has been forwarded to Group Coordinator, the Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY), who is the competent authority to issue instructions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource," he added.

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