The Government has disconnected over 51,000 telephone numbers of such subscribers who had not registered as a telemarketer but were doing telemarketing activities. Notices have been served on nearly 88,300 subscribers who have carried out similar violations.

A press release said that the government is aware that several calls and SMSs are being sent by subscribers, without getting themselves registered with TRAI as a telemarketer, by using normal telephone connections having numbers, other than the '140' number series allotted to registered telemarketers.

From the complaints' data received from Service Providers, it is seen that the majority of complaints of Unsoliticited Commercial Communications are sent by telecom subscribers who were not registered as a telemarketer.