Here is a situation, you are doing some important work or sleeping and get a call. Now, you will surely pick up the phone as person on other side could be dying for your help/attention.
However, when you discover that person on other side is dying to sell some product or service, you want to kill him for wasting your time, don’t you?
Well, this can be easily avoided now. To get freedom from irritating Telemarketers register for Do not Call service. The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home.
The primary objective of the National Do Not Call Registry (NDNC Registry) is to curb Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC). UCC has been defined as:
any message, through telecommunications service, which is transmitted for the purpose of informing about,or soliciting or promoting any commercial transaction in relation to goods, investments or services which a subscriber opts not to receive…
Do not call will be activated within period of 45 days from the day your register for the same. In case you still receive a tele-marketing call after 45 days contact Customer care of respective service provider and file a complaint.
You can register your home or mobile phone for free. Your registration will be effective for five years. Following are the online links of various telecom providers and Banks and Credit Card Companies to activate Do Not Call:
Telecom Providers:
Aircel Chennai
Aircel - Tamilnadu
Bharti Airtel
BPL Mobile
Hutch
Idea Cellular
MTNL Delhi
MTNL Mumbai
Reliance Mobile
Spice Telecom Punjab
Spice Telecom Karnataka
Tata Indicom Mobile
Bank and Credit Card Companies:
ABN Amro India
American Express India
Andhra Bank
Bank of Rajasthan
Bank of Baroda BobCard
Bank of India
Canara Bank and CanCard
Centurion Bank of Punjab
Citibank India
HDFC Bank
HSBC India
ICICI Bank
SBI Credit Card
Standard Chartered Bank
UTI Bank/AXIS Bank and Credit Card
Yes Bank