Truecaller says TRAI attempt to regulate it makes ‘no sense’
Truecaller is resisting attempts by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to regulate its caller ID services. The company claims that government-mandated whitelisting of promotional numbers has significantly increased spam, leading them to implement their own 'Frequently Blocked' labels.
Caller ID firm Truecaller hit out on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for reportedly trying to bring it under regulation. The move comes months into TRAI’s mandate that promotional and banking calls respectively use 140- and 160-series numbers, and that apps like Truecaller whitelist those numbers from spam warnings.
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