The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on September 28, 2022, issued a notification regarding the use of illegal telecom set-ups to route ISD calls received through the internet (VoIP) illegally to domestic mobile and wireline customers in India by fraudsters. The illegal telecom setups primarily use internet connectivity on one side and connect to domestic mobile and landline networks for distribution of calls which is not allowed as per regulations. Such illegal setups pose a security threat and revenue loss to the Government.
The members of the public are requested to report such illegal establishments to DoT’s call centre. The call centre having number 1800110420/1963 has been set up for reporting the cases by the public on receiving any international call displaying an Indian mobile/landline number.
[Release ID: 1862932]
