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Truecaller is locked in a fiery battle with India’s telecom regulator TRAI, arguing that new caller ID rules are sabotaging their ability to protect users from spam — especially as India alone accounts for over 350 million of their 500 million monthly active users. The conflict erupted when Truecaller’s CEO publicly challenged TRAI on social media, accusing the regulator of blocking their ability to flag spam from newly designated business number ranges (1400 and 1600), which TRAI introduced to curb fraud. Truecaller claims these numbers are being abused, forcing them to manually block millions and add “Frequently Blocked” badges — a move users are ignoring, undermining trust. Now, TRAI is reportedly considering stronger powers to regulate apps like Truecaller, turning this into a high-stakes showdown over consumer protection in India’s booming telecom market.

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