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Telcos asked to discontinue USSD-based call from Apr 15
The Morning Standard
|March 31, 2024
THE Department of Telecommunications (DOT) has asked the telecom service providers to discontinue USSD-based call forwarding facilities from 15 April 2024 to stop any misuse of the features.
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The government has asked the telcos to look for some alternative method to activate the features in the mobile phones. Currently, any user, by dialing ₹401#, can activate unconditional call forwarding services on their mobiles.
"It has come to the notice of the Department that a USSDbased call forwarding facility (most commonly known as ₹401# services for unconditional call forwarding services) is being misused in some unwarranted activities... It has been decided by the competent authority that all licensees shall discontinue the existing USSD-based call forwarding services with effect from 15.04.2024 until further notice," reads the order of DoT.
This story is from the March 31, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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