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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

How to block marketing/advertising SMS messages on mobile phones (India)

How to block marketing/advertising SMS messages on mobile phones (India)

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Valuable time and effort of customers are wasted as hundreds of telemarketing firms call up or send SMS messages to your mobile phones to promote their products. Such calls are irritating, to say the least. There are ways to opt out of all such marketing gimmicks by signing up to the Do Not Disturb and National Do Not Call (NDNC) registry. DND services are operated by the cellular operators whereas NDNC is not.

To block marketing calls, follow the instructions below depending on your cellphone provider. You may also want to know how to send free, full 160 character SMS to mobile phones in India, and free SMS spam blocking software.

Block marketing calls on on Airtel

To add your Airtel number, send an SMS message with the text START DND to 121. You will receive confirmation of your request soon, and within a few days your number will be part of DND list.

Prevent telemarketing calls on Vodafone

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Idea DND | Activate Idea Do Not Disturb Services At NCPR


Idea DND | Activate Idea Do Not Disturb Services At NCPR
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Now you can stop unwanted promotional calls or messages on your Idea mobile from telemarketers, advertising agency & etc., by registering yourself at NCPR (National Customer Preference Registry). DND (Do Not Disturb registry) has been replaced by NCPR, know more about NCPR (National Customer Preference Registry).
Upon registration with NCPR (old DND registry) you will not receive any unwanted promotional Calls / SMS / Messages and you will get confirmation within 24 hours with Unique Registration Number. And the DND services (now called as NCPR) activation will  happen within 7 days.
Check DND Status (NCPR) if already registered. For other Mobile services, visit DND (NCPR) Activate Service.
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Idea Cellular subscribers register for NCPR (old Do Not Disturb) service

To Register NCPR – National Customer Preference Registry (replaced by DND registry) Services
You have to choose from below options.
Option 1: Fully Blocked Category. SMS START 0 to 1909
If  you wish you completely block all kind of SMS and do not want to receive any kind of promotional / unwanted commercial messages on your Idea mobile, Send SMS “START 0” to 1909 (1909 is a toll-free number and no charges will be attracted).
 Option 2: Partially Blocked Category. SMS START < category number> to 1909
Do you feel like by activating DND on your Idea mobile, you miss latest updates and commercial information about latest Bikes & Cars in the market, movies updates from your favorite websites, here you have an option.
Choose from your favorite category below you wish to receive commercial / promotional SMS and still keep all others away by activating DND services on your Idea mobile number. Send SMS START 4 to 1909, if you wish receive messages only Health related. Like way you can choose any category you wish and also you can choose multiple categories to receive messages, i.e., you wish to receive Education and Health related commercial / promotional SMS, still activate DND on your Idea mobile number, SMS START 3,4 to 1909.
Option No.Categories ListSMS to send
1Banking – Insurance – Financial Products – Credit CardsSTART 1
2Real EstateSTART 2
3EducationSTART 3
4HealthSTART 4
5Consumer Goods & AutomobilesSTART 5
6Communication – Broadcasting – Entertainment – ITSTART 6
7TourismSTART 7
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Dial “1909” from your mobile and follow the instructions to activate DND on your Idea mobile.

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