COAI, AUSPI unable to ban bulk SMS, MMS on postpaid numbers

Just this past week, the Indian government made its decision of imposing a ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes for a period of 15 days, public. Not only was the decision a widely reported one, but it also got the government a lot of criticism from the masses, since the ban meant limiting users of the service (read SMS) that is so popular. Reports at the time, however, suggested that the ban in all likelihood did not affect postpaid users. Telecom Tiger now reports that both telecom operator bodies -  the COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) and the AUSPI (Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers in India) have affirmed in a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that they were unable to impose the bulk SMS, MMS ban on postpaid connections owing to some technical problems. This, however, cannot be asserted for a fact though, since an attempt to send more than 5 SMS (the maximum number) from a postpaid number barred the user from sending anymore SMSes for a while - as stated in one of our previous reports.Click here for full story