Bharti Airtel flags 8 billion spam calls, 0.8 billion spam SMSes in 2.5 months

Airtel’s vice-chairman and managing director, Gopal Vittal, proposed extending the digital consent acquisition (DCA) framework to OTT platforms, enforcing Know Your Customer (KYC) verification for users, and integrating these services into a centralised spam blacklist system.

Airtel launched an AI-powered, spam-fighting solution two and a half months ago. The AI-powered network has identified close to 1 million spammers every day.