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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India amended its commercial communications regulations to require caller identification and call management apps to send users’ reports of spam calls to an anti-spam platform operated by telecom companies. The amendments also regulate automated and AI-powered calls, amid Truecaller’s objections to transferring data it considers commercially valuable.
Ringg secured $10 million from Peak XV Partners as an extension of its Series A round, bringing the round’s total to $15.5 million. The company is shifting from simple automated calls to executing more complex enterprise tasks through voice, WhatsApp, chat and browsers.