What is DND?



DND

Well if you are getting unwanted CALL & SMS on your mobile number and you want to just stop it then DND is for you which is known as DO NOT DISTURB. DND is a service provided by TRAI(Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India). By using DND service you can stop all unwanted CALL & SMS on your mobile number. After activating DND any telemarketing company will not be able to contact you by any type of promotional SMS & Call.

How to Activate DND Service

To activate DND on your mobile number follow the steps given below

1. Call on 1900(toll-free)from your mobile number or landline.
OR
2. You can also register DND by SMS, SMS in this format START<space><preference no.> to 1909
There are 7 preferences:- 
START 0 - Fully Blocked
START 1 - Banking, Finacial, Insurance 
START 2 - Real Estate
START 3 - Education
START 4 - Health
START 5 - Consumer Goods and Automobile
START 6 - IT, Communication, Entertainment
START 7 - Tourism


After completing the above steps Telecom operators will take at least 1 week to activate DND service on your mobile number. 


DND Mobile App

On July 2017 TRAI launched an app called DND 2.0 which is also available on Google Play Store and iPhones App Store. Download the app from the link  given below
Google Play Store- CLICK HERE
iPhones App Store- CLICK HERE 


How DND Service Works

 TRAI is having NDNC(National Do Not Call) registry which is a database having a list of all number of the subscriber who does not want to receive commercial calls and SMS. TRAI send this DND list to Telemarketers and Telemarketing companies stores these number in their database so that they can verify the calling number before making a commercial call.
If Telemarketing companies are disturbing you by call or SMS you can file a complaint against them they will be fined about ₹25000. If TRAI gets more three complaints against a company then TRAI will cancel the licence of that company.