If you live in India, you probably get two or three spam calls a day.

A credit card you didn’t apply for. An investment opportunity you’re not interested in.

In fact, Truecaller’s reports consistently rank India one of the highest countries for spam.

That’s despite the fact that we actually have regulation to stop spam. In fact, early this year, the TRAI or the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India fined operators Rs 150 crore for failing to curb spam traffic.

And yet, the calls keep coming.

Experts say that now, with AI, consumers could actually see many more spam calls.

So why don’t these calls stop? And what can you actually do about them?

To learn more, check out the latest episode of The Signal Brief.

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