TRAI RAISES SMS LIMIT TO 200 PER DAY

Telecom consumers will now be able to
send up to 200 SMSes per day from a SIM, as against
the earlier limit of just 100 SMSes per day imposed by
the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
"The authority has received representations from some
of the service providers and consumers to increase the
limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM. The authority
has considered these representations and decided to
increase the limit of 100 SMSes per day per SIM to
200 SMSes per day per SIM," Trai said in a statement
today.
To deter unsolicited SMSes by telemarketing
companies, Trai had earlier restricted the number of
non-commercial SMSes that can be send from a SIM
to 100. There was no restriction on commercial
messages sent through telemarketing companies
registered with Trai.
The new cap of 200 SMSes per sim per day will be
effective from today.