In view of the growing cyber fraud and telecom scams in the country, Airtel has once again sent a proposal to the Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (VI) to come together. The company wants all the telecom service providers to start a joint fraud protection initiative, so that such cases can be detected and blocked immediately through real-time intelligence sharing and cross-network coordination. Airtel has also informed the Ministry of Telecommunications and TRAI about this.

PTI’s Report (via Toi) It has been reported that Airtel has sent a letter to TRAI regarding this partnership. It is reported here that the company wants to create a strong and secure structure, which can curb the telecom fraud. The company also shared data in a separate letter, stating that in the first 9 months of 2024, more than 17 lakh cybercrime complaints were filed in the country, which caused a loss of more than Rs 11,000 crore. The company has clearly stated that if the industry is not united, it will be difficult to protect the common user from scammers.

Airtel is already using an AI-based system to block scamming links on social and OTT platforms like Whatsapp, Telegram, Facebook and Instagram. But the company says that now scamming methods have become even more sharp, especially through fishing links and fake websites.

The report states that Airtel sent a proposal to the rest of the telecom companies on 14 May 2025, stating that all together launch “Joint Telecom Fraud Initiative”. With this, all the networks will be able to track the fraud together and the same security layer users will get.

This is not the first time Airtel has sought such a colonies. In October 2024, the company also sent a letter to all telecom companies to share the corporate connection data used for commercial calling in a standard format, so that spam calls could be blocked in advance. It also suggested to create a central platform like DLT.

According to the report, Airtel’s Vice Chairman and MD Gopal Vittal is also going to send a personal email to customers in the coming days in which they will give information about the changing methods of the scam and the protection masters taken by Airtel. He says that today scammers are targeting users not just from calls or SMS, but also through chat, email, social media and apps.

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